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Bay Area transit leaders push for a single network

With budget gaps fraying a large and fragmented public transportation system, transit voices in San Francisco and Oakland push for a single regional operator.

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Senator Whitehouse puts climate change on budget committee’s agenda

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.

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Europe frets U.S. battery factory subsidies will hurt, not help

The European Union is trying to assemble the building blocks to produce electric cars, but subsidies are luring companies to the United States.

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Californians’ electricity bills will soon depend on their income

A new California law is sparking backlash — with uncertain benefits for clean energy.

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We asked an AI chatbot how to fight the extinction crisis

Algorithms alone can’t save endangered species. For that you need people who care and who act.

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Bay Area transit leaders push for a single network

High-efficiency silicon solar cells go on a roll

Climate migration a top concern for mayors in Colombia, El Salvador

Europe frets U.S. battery factory subsidies will hurt, not help

Californians’ electricity bills will soon depend on their income

We asked an AI chatbot how to fight the extinction crisis

Failing rains in Darfur foster conflict and displacement

It’s payback time

Reimagining healthcare to reduce pollution, tackle climate change and center justice

“We need to understand who is harmed by an economy that’s based on fossil fuels and toxic chemicals.”

Recycling plastics “extremely problematic” due to toxic chemical additives: Report

Negotiations are underway for a global plastics treaty and parties differ on the role of recycling.

Opinion: UN plastics treaty should prioritize health and climate change

Delegates should push for a treaty that takes a full-lifecycle approach to plastic pollution.

How the “Halliburton Loophole” lets fracking companies pollute water with no oversight

Fracking companies used 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals that should have been regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act from 2014 to 2021.

Op-ed: Biden’s Arctic drilling go-ahead illustrates the limits of democratic problem solving

President Biden continues to deploy conventional tactics against the highly unconventional threat of climate change.

What happens if the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the US goes bankrupt?

Diversified Energy’s liabilities exceed its assets, according to a new report, sparking concerns about whether taxpayers will wind up paying to plug its 70,000 wells.