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![Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice alongside a photo of coal]()
![Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice alongside a photo of coal]()
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice faces justice for coal crimes in Kentucky
Kentucky's newest strategy might stop coal barons from gaming the reclamation system.
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EPA restores water protections weakened under Trump
Smaller waterways and wetlands will be covered again under Clean Water Act.
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Public schools are failing students on climate change
A new book exposes systemic shortcomings in the way global warming is taught in America.
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![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
‘Weather whiplash’ in the Pacific Northwest is a sign of what climate change has in store
Mudslides, evacuations, roads snapped in half: Floods hit Washington state and British Columbia.
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Fixing your iPhone is about to get a lot easier
By early 2022, customers will be able to buy replacement parts from Apple.
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Against all odds, the Paris Agreement is — kinda, sorta — working
The agreement's feeble enforcement measures are a feature, not a bug.
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![A laborer works on a water line in California. Joe Biden’s Infrastructure bill is set to make environmental justice investments commonplace.]()
![A laborer works on a water line in California. Joe Biden’s Infrastructure bill is set to make environmental justice investments commonplace.]()
Here’s how the bipartisan infrastructure deal could promote environmental justice
According to the White House, the new law earmarks $240 billion for environmental justice projects — the largest such investment in U.S. history.
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![A high cliff-side road near the ocean shows signs of major breakage, with cracks coming right up the barrier of the road. Houses and powerlines are on the other side of the barrier on top of the cliff]()
![A high cliff-side road near the ocean shows signs of major breakage, with cracks coming right up the barrier of the road. Houses and powerlines are on the other side of the barrier on top of the cliff]()
Coastal Californians, prepare for the ocean to rise 10 feet by century’s end
Planners warned to start making infrastructure changes now
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![The leaders of COP26 sit behind a large table at the annual U.N. climate conference.]()
![The leaders of COP26 sit behind a large table at the annual U.N. climate conference.]()
COP26 made real progress. It also isn’t enough.
The final agreement is the most significant global climate pact since the Paris agreement, but it’s far from perfect.
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COP26 draft text annotated: what it says and what it means
There are a few notable victories in the text.
