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As natural gas prices soar, coal makes a comeback in Europe
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As North Carolina warms, one farm is turning to a tropical crop: Taro
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A Hawaii bill would limit solar power. Gov Ige plans to veto it
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The Colorado stream case that could revolutionize river access
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Biden proposes more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska
The administration argues that without major climate policies to cut demand, lease sales will bring “net benefits.”
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California passes nation’s toughest plastic reduction bill
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The Supreme Court’s climate decision came out of a decades-long campaign to kneecap regulation
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The Supreme Court’s EPA decision could have been much, much worse
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The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island
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Green energy jobs are on the rise as fossil fuel companies lose workers
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Climeworks is building a bigger carbon removal plant — and getting some new competition
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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists
More than 150 conservation, environmental, and social justice organizations have accused The Nature Conservancy of "promoting false climate solutions."
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