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History is unfolding in the Atlantic Ocean right now. Hurricane Melissa has spun up into an…Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
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The city of Clyde sits about two hours west of Fort Worth on the plains of north Texas. It gets its…Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection
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On a startlingly beautiful day high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Thomas Champeau waded into…Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
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Every year, United Nations member states gather together at the Conference of the Parties, better…Why one of the world’s greenest countries is betting its future on oil
Thu 4:45am By Jake Bittle
As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis…The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
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About 30 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia, workers have been building America’s…How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill
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Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the…How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill
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Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the…From genocide to ecocide: After years of war, Gaza faces an environmental crisis ‘above imagination’
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Over two years of nearly incessant bombardment, Israeli forces have killed over 60,000 Palestinians,…
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