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Davis-Besse nuclear power plant to shut down permanently in 2020

For the first time, the operating end points for FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Ottawa County; its Perry nuclear power plant east of Cleveland in Perry, Ohio, and its twin-reactor Beaver Valley nuclear power complex west of Pittsburgh in Shippingport, Pa., have been put in writing by a corporation subsidiary.

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Counting up receipts: one of Canada’s worst wildfire seasons cost at least $500M

The Narwhal's analysis found $500 million in expenses directly attributable to last year’s wildfires in Manitoba — from evacuation flights to lost homes to closed business to burned power poles. The true costs are even larger.

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French PR executive behind Facebook network spreading heat pump hate

A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.

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Trump’s rejection of wind projects scrambles GOP politics before midterms

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans.
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This state is betting on cloud-seeding drones to solve its water problem

Rainmaker says it is the first U.S. commercial cloud-seeding operation to prove it has generated water, in efforts to battle drought in Utah and Idaho.
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Trump’s environmental cuts further marginalize vulnerable communities

In Florida, majority Black and brown communities face hotter temperatures, rising seas and more damaging storms. One advocacy group is considering other ways of helping them.
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The rise of the high-range, less expensive E.V.

Even as the electric vehicle market has slumped, there are more long-range E.V.s under $40,000 than ever before.
Abandoned items from kindergarten — gas mask, doll, toy tank in Chernobyl, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine following Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986

40 years after Chernobyl: Pripyat today

After the catastrophic accident in the nearby nuclear reactor, the city of Pripyat had to be completely evacuated. Some 50,000 people left their homes forever. DW visited the town with a former resident 40 years later.
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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

wildfire retardants being sprayed by plane

New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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