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![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
![A man with muddy hands holds a huge brownish green rock.]()
Electric vehicles need cobalt. Congolese miners work in dangerous conditions to get it.
Black activists in the U.S. are fighting the exploitation of Black resources and workers in the Congo.
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![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
![Several rows of black solar panels stretch over a yellow field.]()
California sides with big utilities, trimming incentives for community solar projects
Critics said the decision was "fatally flawed" and won't allow for a “just and equitable energy transition.”
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![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
![An electric utility worker inspects a transmission tower at dusk.]()
San Diego ponders a bid to take over its for-profit energy utility
Frustration with high rates and poor service is sparking campaigns to take over investor-owned utilities and make them nonprofit public entities.
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![Tall concrete tower shaped like a funnel with white smoke coming out of top.]()
![Tall concrete tower shaped like a funnel with white smoke coming out of top.]()
Georgia governor calls for even more nuclear power despite budget woes
State leaders celebrate new reactors with cake while residents watch power bills rise.
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![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
Puerto Rico’s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn
Rooftop solar has been a lifeline for the U.S. territory during blackouts. Now a government entity wants to undo a law protecting a key solar program.
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![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
As New York’s offshore wind work begins, an environmental justice community awaits the benefits
A labor agreement guarantees jobs for unions, but making sure Sunset Park residents are included remains a challenge.
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![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas
The state’s largest utility says natural gas is a bridge fuel, but advocates say it’s no climate solution.
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![An old oil derrick sits on a yellowing field under a cloudy sky.]()
![An old oil derrick sits on a yellowing field under a cloudy sky.]()
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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![Six black, smudged solar panels are placed on the roof of a house with a blue house in the background.]()
![Six black, smudged solar panels are placed on the roof of a house with a blue house in the background.]()
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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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
