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Here’s what’s in the $928 billion GOP infrastructure counteroffer
It’s all bridges, no climate.
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![Joe Biden and Janet Yellen with a pen in between them and an Earth in the background]()
![Joe Biden and Janet Yellen with a pen in between them and an Earth in the background]()
Biden’s latest executive order takes aim at climate change’s risk to the economy
The order tasks Biden's climate advisors with preparing a sweeping strategy to tackle risks to financial markets and the economy.
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Will the Ford F-150 Lightning turn Middle America onto EVs?
Picture a new type of EV driver: one who rolls around in a 400-horsepower pickup truck.
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As Arctic broils, world leaders convene in Iceland to talk climate change
Temperatures in parts of the Arctic hit 86.5 degrees Fahrenheit this week -- breaking several local records.
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Here’s why Congress is recognizing Hazel M. Johnson, the ‘mother of environmental justice’
Proposed legislation would posthumously award Johnson the Congressional Gold Medal — and her own postage stamp.
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After a Trump-length pause, the EPA is relaunching a major climate change report
Drawing on data from 50 government agencies, the EPA has published 54 indicators of global warming.
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What do voting restrictions and anti-protest laws have in common?
Both have sponsors funded by fossil fuel companies.
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Hackers found America’s energy weak spot
Cyber attackers forced the Colonial Pipeline — the U.S.'s biggest pipeline — offline. Wind and solar farms could be next.
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Biden wants to balance infrastructure and conservation goals. But it won’t be easy.
The Biden administration wants to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and water by 2030. But can it do that and significantly expand renewable energy?
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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
