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This blanket permit makes it easier to build pipelines. Advocates are suing to stop it.
How the legal fight against an arcane permit could throw a snag in major pipeline projects.
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Biden wants to balance infrastructure and conservation goals. But it won’t be easy.
The Biden administration wants to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and water by 2030. But can it do that and significantly expand renewable energy?
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How weird, bouncy cell signals can help track wildfire smoke
A hazy atmosphere makes data ricochet all over the place. Now scientists think they can use that signal to better predict severe smoke events.
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This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along.
On the sleepy shores of New York’s Seneca Lake, a cryptocurrency company is showing how Bitcoin can keep fossil fuel use alive.
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The art of repeal: illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy — and Biden’s daunting task ahead
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The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.
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6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
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We’re running out of time to flatten the curve — for climate change
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Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
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How we calculated the size of the Southwest’s abandoned oil well problem
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How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress
Other utilities could do the same.
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What does it matter when an elite restaurant cancels meat?
Meat is getting ousted from the most aspirational plates. What happens now?
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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
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In America’s cities, inequality is engrained in the trees
A new study finds that low-income blocks have less tree cover and hotter average temperatures than high-income ones.
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Why not turn airports into giant solar farms?
Well, it turns out that airports not only have a lot of empty space, they also have a lot of rules.
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The conventional wisdom on how to talk about climate change? It’s wrong.
Faith Kearns’ new book offers insights from conversations IRL.
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How Arizona’s attorney general is weaponizing climate fears to keep out immigrants
As the right grapples with what comes after climate denial, a Copper State lawsuit suggests creeping ‘eco-fascism’ in Europe may be a model.
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Gridlocked: These policies might put Biden’s transmission infrastructure plans on hold
Biden wants to spend billions on electricity transmission — but current projects are stuck in red tape.
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Temperature Check
In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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