Climate Regulation
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![Duke Energy spill cleanup]()
![Duke Energy spill cleanup]()
Report: 90% of all U.S. coal plants are contaminating groundwater
And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.
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![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
![Rickshaws traveling through a flooded area of Chittagong.]()
Adaptation, loss and damage, and African oil: What’s at stake at COP27?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war and an impending recession, climate negotiators will be trying to keep the world’s goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius in sight.
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![Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference standing at a podium with his fish in the air and a crown behind him]()
![Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives a press conference standing at a podium with his fish in the air and a crown behind him]()
In Brazil, Lula vows to halt deforestation — but it won’t be easy
The president-elect faces deep political division, and Bolsonaro still has two more months in power.
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![Land that was once under Lake Mead re-emerges as unprecedented drought reduces Colorado River and Lake Mead to critical water levels.]()
![Land that was once under Lake Mead re-emerges as unprecedented drought reduces Colorado River and Lake Mead to critical water levels.]()
Feds to Colorado River states: Reduce water usage, or we will do it for you
The Interior Department outlined a path for unilateral cuts last week, upping the pressure on western states.
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in Arizona to embrace a radical solution: government regulation.
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![Recycling symbol points toward a landfill]()
![Recycling symbol points toward a landfill]()
380 million tons of plastic are made every year. None of it is truly recyclable.
Not even water bottles and milk jugs meet standards for recyclability, a new report finds.
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![McGowan Peak in Idaho, surrounded by forest.]()
![McGowan Peak in Idaho, surrounded by forest.]()
Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come
A new venture near Salmon signals an uptick in hardrock mining across the West.
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![Plastic and metal trash against a green background]()
![Plastic and metal trash against a green background]()
The selective accounting behind the plastic industry’s climate-friendly claims
Industry groups are pushing the U.S. government to keep buying their plastics.
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EPA finally calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution.
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Inside the industry push to label your yogurt cup ‘recyclable’
A network of groups backed by the plastics industry claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable,” despite ample evidence to the contrary.
