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Banks with ‘net-zero’ pledges are among the top funders of fossil fuels
"Financial institutions need to be held accountable for their role in financing false solutions."
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![President Joe Biden walks near Chevy vehicles as he arrives to deliver remarks during a visit to a General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.]()
![President Joe Biden walks near Chevy vehicles as he arrives to deliver remarks during a visit to a General Motors electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.]()
Biden’s new vehicle emissions rules could speed the EV revolution
But only if the U.S. gets a lot more minerals, factories, and chargers.
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A tax break on clean energy projects is coming to coal and oil towns
The Biden administration wants to give the fossil fuel "energy communities" of coal country and beyond an economic boost.
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![An aerial videw of a blue river cut in half by a dam, with brown hills on each side.]()
Green colonialism is flooding the Pacific Northwest
The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington – but it’s just one of many.
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![A series of electrical towers and wires leading to a large plant.]()
El Paso charter fight tests whether a Texas city will move away from fossil fuels
Climate activists have turned to local initiatives to rein in carbon emissions, including a May special election in El Paso.
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Court throws out crucial water permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Senator Joe Manchin, a staunch supporter of the natural gas pipeline, called the decision "infuriating."
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From peak to plummet in 15 years: Coal continues its precipitous decline
"This is not an economic cycle that is simply going to go away. It is a real phaseout across the industry of the use of coal."
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Inside a $110 million plan to turn NYC apartments into virtual power plants
Logical Buildings and Keyframe Capital are behind the push to help multifamily buildings earn money from cutting energy use and curbing emissions.
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California takes the lead on curbing Big Oil price gouging
The state's pioneering law could set limits on the industry's profits, and impose fines on those that exceed it.
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![A bearded man in a red coat holds a large white box surrounded by pipes.]()
The natural gas pushback
Local communities want to electrify, but gas interests have other ideas.
