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![A plastic bag in a tree, with red building in background]()
![A plastic bag in a tree, with red building in background]()
2 new bills aim to reduce plastic pollution in New York state
The proposed legislation includes the "strongest in the nation" push to reduce single-use plastic packaging.
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![Young climate activists stage rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House on Earth Day on April 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.]()
![Young climate activists stage rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House on Earth Day on April 22, 2022 in Washington, DC.]()
Western courts grapple with climate change
The Western U.S. is a hotspot for young plaintiffs arguing climate change-inducing policies are at odds with state constitutions.
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![A composite image of Arnette Arjoon and the Guyanese coast.]()
‘We can’t eat a new road’: Fears over the true cost of Exxon’s oil bonanza in Guyana
A multibillion-dollar deal promising to be an economic boon for Guyana may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners.
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![Pennsylvania Democratic Congressional candidate, state Rep. Summer Lee]()
![Pennsylvania Democratic Congressional candidate, state Rep. Summer Lee]()
Pennsylvania might really send an anti-fracking advocate to Congress
Summer Lee made environmental justice and a green transition a central part of her campaign.
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![House collapsed into the ocean with debris around it]()
North Carolina house that collapsed into the sea is a warning for millions of Americans
States and the federal government can do more to protect homebuyers, like reforming flood disclosure laws.
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![A man on a road with an orange standstorm in the background]()
How debt cancellation could help poor countries prepare for climate change
A new report calls on rich countries to provide immediate relief.
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![Offshore oil rig in water with Alaskan mountains in the distance]()
![Offshore oil rig in water with Alaskan mountains in the distance]()
Biden calls off oil and gas leases in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico — but not for the climate
Despite urgent need to halt new development, the Interior Department cites a 'lack of industry interest.'
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![photo of damage caused by Hurricane Ike in Texas in 2008]()
![photo of damage caused by Hurricane Ike in Texas in 2008]()
How Congress is routing climate policy through the Army Corps of Engineers
A bipartisan bill is poised to fund massive climate adaptation projects — it just doesn’t call them that.
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![animated collage of hydropower dam connected to a dark silhouette of New York City that flickers from dark to lit up windows]()
![animated collage of hydropower dam connected to a dark silhouette of New York City that flickers from dark to lit up windows]()
A New York power line divided environmentalists. Here’s what it says about the larger climate fight.
States waited too long to decarbonize, and now they have to make tough choices.
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Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress’ plan to fix that isn’t going anywhere.
How the proposal to connect federal research agencies and improve wildfire research crashed and burned.
