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Meet the CEPP, the biggest federal climate policy you’ve never heard of
It’s convoluted. Democrats can’t agree on it. It still may be the best shot at a major climate law this decade.
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US Steel was fined $1.2 million for polluting Lake Michigan. Then it polluted the lake again.
The Indiana facility's spill interrupted drinking water processing and forced the closure of nearby beaches.
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Can this milk really ‘fight climate change’? It’s complicated.
Cows are messy business. A Portland startup wants to clean them up.
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Can the world’s most polluting heavy industries decarbonize?
The production of steel, cement, and ammonia emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging to decarbonize these problem industries, but analysts warn that big challenges remain.
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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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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We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
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Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
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6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
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Fix combines creative storytelling with network-building and eventsThe Climate Fiction Issue: How fiction can change our reality
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A decade-long sustainability moonshot shows it's not always easy for cities going green.
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Vancouver promised to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. Here’s what went wrong.
Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren’t enough.
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You thought the U.S. fire season was bad. Russia’s is much worse.
Emissions from Siberia’s fires are more than Germany’s total annual greenhouse gases.
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Meet the CEPP, the biggest federal climate policy you’ve never heard of
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Paris shows how to make public housing greener and more habitable at the same time
American housing authorities may soon see an influx of federal funding. Paris offers lessons in how to spend it.
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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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