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How the shift to electric vehicles is fueling the UAW strike
"The EV transition must be a just transition that ensures auto workers have a place in the new economy.”
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![A family of three three is shown unloading groceries in a small BMW electric car plugged in outside their home.]()
![A family of three three is shown unloading groceries in a small BMW electric car plugged in outside their home.]()
A simple way to make electric cars more accessible: Share them
Car shares not only make EVs more equitable, they reduce the number of vehicles on the road and the resources needed to decarbonize transport.
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![A jogger runs along The Battery in Charleston, South Carolina, adjacent to a partially flooded East Bay Street.]()
![A jogger runs along The Battery in Charleston, South Carolina, adjacent to a partially flooded East Bay Street.]()
FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities
The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas.
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![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
How Georgia’s organized crime law swept up dozens of nonviolent ‘Cop City’ activists
Despite the serious charges, most of the allegations in the indictment involve nonviolent activities like distributing flyers.
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![A man wipes sweat from his face in a park in Chicago where temperatures hit 99 degrees]()
![A man wipes sweat from his face in a park in Chicago where temperatures hit 99 degrees]()
As Chicago broils, neighbors find ways to keep each other cool
"We’ll be back out there tomorrow doing the same thing.”
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![a person in a COVID mask rides a bike past a city near water]()
![a person in a COVID mask rides a bike past a city near water]()
Can Manila’s cycling boom survive a return to car traffic?
Metro Manila’s bicycling community surged early in the pandemic. Now activists are trying to keep the momentum going.
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![digital collage of back half of a pig and front half of a car with pig ear on top on green background]()
![digital collage of back half of a pig and front half of a car with pig ear on top on green background]()
The new ethanol? Biogas producers are pushing livestock poop as renewable.
A boom in electric vehicles might help them.
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![a woman in an orange shirt pushes a cart full of paper bags of trash through a town]()
![a woman in an orange shirt pushes a cart full of paper bags of trash through a town]()
How 2 communities, separated by an ocean, are working together to manage trash better
Grassroots groups in Manila and Detroit have teamed up in the fight against pollution.
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![Collage of construction worker, water tower, and hundred dollar bill]()
![Collage of construction worker, water tower, and hundred dollar bill]()
Why it’s more expensive for Black towns to borrow money
"This is how your sewage gets funded, this is how your water gets funded, this is how public schools and public services are funded."
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![Cases of bottled water are handed out at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi.]()
![Cases of bottled water are handed out at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi.]()
In Jackson, Mississippi, a water crisis that won’t end
“It’s a red war on a blue city, and it’s a white war on a Black city."
