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Billions of people cook over open fires. Are gas stoves the solution?
Last week in Paris, dozens of countries agreed to tackle harmful cooking methods — but sidestepped the controversial question of how to replace them.
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Small island nations get big climate victory in international maritime court
Advocates say the ruling makes clear that complying with the Paris Agreement is not enough.
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South Korea’s energy trap: Government-funded dead end fossil fuel investments
South Korea is investing massive amounts of public funding into importing natural gas while demand is declining.
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How data gaps could put US territories like Guam and Puerto Rico at greater risk for climate change
"If folks are serious about environmental justice, they need to be serious about addressing equity issues in U.S territories."
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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Landfills leak methane with impunity, new research shows
“Something is wrong with the system.”
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Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers.
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Oil companies contaminated a family farm. The courts and regulators let the drillers walk away.
The oil and gas industry has reaped profits without ensuring there will be money to plug and clean up their wells. In Oklahoma, that work could cost more than $7 billion if it falls to the state.
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As fossil fuel plants face retirement, a Puerto Rico community pushes for rooftop solar
Land for large solar arrays is limited on the island. Rooftop panels can provide electricity during blackouts and bring the island closer to its clean energy goals.
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Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.
The state still has to figure out how much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate-driven disasters.
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In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
Lumbee scientist Ryan Emanuel on seeking home, and climate justice, in "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice."
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DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws
While Floridians suffered through record heat, DeSantis signed legislation keeping "windmills off our beaches."
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Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it."
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