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Congress is poised to fix the most annoying thing about buying an electric car
The new EV tax credit would be $12,500 — and refundable.
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What climate denial? Oil executives play dumb at major congressional hearing.
Leaders from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP evaded Democrats’ questions about their companies’ history of climate disinformation.
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Study: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
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White House unveils $1.85 trillion climate and social welfare package
Congress is one big step closer to investing more than half a trillion dollars in fighting climate change.
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Accountability
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Michigan officials are finally doing something about a city’s toxic drinking water
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A California law gave the people power to cut pollution. Why isn’t it working?
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Meet the rogue birding group blocking wind energy at every turn
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EPA will finally regulate ‘forever chemicals.’ Experts say it’s not enough.
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Climate + Data
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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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The Climate Fiction Issue
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Congress wants to cut emissions with no regulation. Will it work?
The risks of an 'all carrot, no stick' approach.
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Native opposition to Nevada lithium mine grows
"Annihilating old growth sagebrush, Indigenous peoples’ medicines, food, and ceremonial grounds for electric vehicles isn’t very climate conscious."
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COP26 president says Glasgow climate goals harder to achieve than Paris
COP26 president Alok Sharma on the long road ahead for climate negotiations.
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Can farm waste help clean up the world’s dirty cargo ships?
The shipping giant Maersk is betting on bio-methanol.
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Hertz just made the biggest electric vehicle purchase ever
Tesla will deliver 100,000 EVs to the rental car company by the end of 2022.
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Study: Toxic fracking waste is leaking into California groundwater
The research leaves little doubt: California is facing massive groundwater contamination.
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In Detroit, a push to help Black farmers purchase land
Black farmers in Detroit have turned blighted properties into vital food sources. Now, a new land fund is opening the door to official ownership.
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Why developing countries say net-zero is ‘against climate justice’
Without faster decarbonization and more funding, rich nations risk losing the developing world’s trust.
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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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