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Medication and high temperatures can be risky

Climate change is worsening heat waves, and too much heat can make an otherwise safe drug dangerous.
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Opinion: Virginia is making strides on clean energy – even as it falls behind

Despite the Virginia Clean Economy's path to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2025, utilities are importing more fossil fuel electricity from other states.

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In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems

Brazil’s agribusiness drives growth but causes most deforestation; regenerative farming may help, yet weak governance risks continued ecosystem loss.

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Can evolution keep up with climate change? A flower offers hope

The scarlet monkeyflower's ability to keep pace with a punishing drought signals some plants can adapt quickly to climate extremes.

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Alabama House committee considers bills targeting solar farms

One bill the committee approved allows county commissions to regulate solar farms while another stops new solar farm construction for a year.
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Is your state becoming uninsurable? We have the latest data

Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares.
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U.S. Interior Department bends on solar, but wind energy on public lands remains stalled

Most of the wind farms under consideration by the Biden administration’s Bureau of Land Management are no longer in the permitting pipeline.

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How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility

Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch oil and gas. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables through a new dual-service model.
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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.

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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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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