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The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%
Century Aluminum Company hopes half a billion dollars in federal funding will help it revive a dying industry while making it less polluting.
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Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?
In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years.
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The world’s garment workers are on the front lines of climate impacts
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
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After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence
Activists appealed to the United Nations for help staving off “disaster capitalism” in the wake of the deadly blaze.
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From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
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Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
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Acre by acre, the Prairie Band Potawatomi bought back their land
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Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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This spring, DC-area students are planting native flowers — and activating ‘the solarpunk imagination’
A new initiative invited student groups to design and plant gardens that will promote wildlife, and cultivate their visions for the future.
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UN plastics treaty inches closer to reality as lobbyists tout plastics’ ‘massive societal benefits’
A deal to stop plastic pollution is moving forward, but negotiators can’t agree on whether to produce less of the stuff.
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What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?
Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers.
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EPA finally takes on abandoned coal ash ponds — but it might be too late
Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an election-year clock?
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The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions.
Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals.
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Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
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The world agreed to create a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part.
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the U.N.’s new loss and damage fund.
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US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases.
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