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![Several people harvest beans in a field.]()
![Several people harvest beans in a field.]()
Biden admin unveils first-ever heat protections for workers. Here’s what to know.
The proposal comes as Americans endure another summer of record-breaking temperatures.
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![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
These Supreme Court decisions just made it harder to solve climate change
Four key rulings limiting federal power will curtail the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.
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![Two workers pick peaches from trees.]()
![Two workers pick peaches from trees.]()
The Biden administration is inching closer to a heat standard for workers — if the election doesn’t doom it
The long-awaited rule could be finalized before November, but it faces political hurdles either way.
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![President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump stand behind podiums on the left, and behind them is a large blue screen with the words]()
![President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump stand behind podiums on the left, and behind them is a large blue screen with the words]()
Climate change got a question in the presidential debate. It didn’t get much of an answer.
Biden alluded to the Inflation Reduction Act, while Trump went on an incoherent rant about "H2O."
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![President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum stands at a podium during a press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on June 10, 2024.]()
![President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum stands at a podium during a press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on June 10, 2024.]()
Can Claudia Sheinbaum solve Mexico’s water crisis?
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
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![Seven men in suits and two women in pantsuits walk in the same direction across some gray cobblestones with seven world flags behind them]()
![Seven men in suits and two women in pantsuits walk in the same direction across some gray cobblestones with seven world flags behind them]()
Food’s climate footprint was once again MIA at global talks
At the G7 summit and Bonn climate conference, world leaders failed to discuss "the cow in the room."
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![Photo of a group of people in hard hats working in a dry landscape]()
![Photo of a group of people in hard hats working in a dry landscape]()
The American Climate Corps officially kicks off
This month, the nation will deploy 9,000 people to help guide the country toward a cleaner future.
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![A misty field with an industrial installation on the edge.]()
![A misty field with an industrial installation on the edge.]()
Pennsylvania landowners could be forced to accept carbon dioxide burial on their land
Environmentalists fear leaks, explosions, earthquakes and more from a carbon capture bill with bipartisan support.
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![A line of migrants sleeps in a sliver of shade provided by the border wall separating the US and Mexico.]()
![A line of migrants sleeps in a sliver of shade provided by the border wall separating the US and Mexico.]()
Biden’s border restrictions are stranding climate migrants in extreme heat
Many people seeking asylum are fleeing climate disasters. Biden's latest border move puts them even more at risk.
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![Employees work on a school bus on the assembly line at Blue Bird Corporation's manufacturing facility in Fort Valley, Ga.]()
![Employees work on a school bus on the assembly line at Blue Bird Corporation's manufacturing facility in Fort Valley, Ga.]()
A labor win at Georgia school bus factory shows a worker-led EV transition is possible
Where federal dollars and green jobs are flowing, unions see an opportunity to organize the right-to-work South.
