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Proof of Concept series
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Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.
The state still has to figure out how much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate-driven disasters.
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In a debut book, a love letter to eastern North Carolina — and an indictment of colonialism as a driver of climate change
Lumbee scientist Ryan Emanuel on seeking home, and climate justice, in "On the Swamp: Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice."
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DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws
While Floridians suffered through record heat, DeSantis signed legislation keeping "windmills off our beaches."
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Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it."
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How climate change is making us sick
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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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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The American Climate Corps will get people into green jobs. Can it help their mental health too?
Most young people aren’t sure how to take action. Biden’s program could provide much-needed structure.
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Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.
They're a little early, thanks to climate change.
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America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.
The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda.
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Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical
Two new reporters will lead the organization's agriculture coverage.
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Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?
Many chefs are asking what a future without gas will mean for culinary traditions like wok cooking.
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