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Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law. The effort has languished since

More than a year after the law was signed, the state has made little progress and appears poised to miss a December deadline for a required report.
www.wbez.org
Two men drilling a geothermal well for a residential geothermal heat pump.

New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use

The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.
insideclimatenews.org
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‘Love letter’: California Attorney General takes aim at Trump’s links to Big Oil

Democrat Rob Bonta is preparing to fight the president’s rollback of a regulatory keystone on climate.

www.politico.com
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Opinion: Plant-based diets can deliver climate and health benefits at the same time

Many choices we ask people to make to help the climate don’t reveal immediate results, but we found that changing diets can have a climate benefit and quickly reduce some health risks.

therevelator.org
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Germany to abandon fossil fuels by 2045. How does the rest of Europe compare?

Germany has become the third country in Europe to unveil a national roadmap away from fossil fuels. But experts say targets still 'fall short'.
www.euronews.com
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At the UN, Panama champions a universal declaration on the rights of nature

Panama’s center-right president called on world leaders to adopt a new non-binding treaty, building on his nation’s own national rights of nature laws.
insideclimatenews.org
Al Gore and Kevin Wall at a press conference to announce the Global Climate Crisis Campaign Concert "Save Our Selves". California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA. 01-15-07

Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight

The former U.S. vice president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary.

www.theguardian.com
The Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Michigan

Carbon capture proposals draw mixed responses from environmental groups in Michigan House committee

As Michigan continues to examine its options for meeting its 100% clean energy goal, members of the state House gathered to consider a slate of bills to give the state authority over efforts to capture and store carbon emissions.
michiganadvance.com
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Offshore wind job training built for a boom is facing down a bust

Workforce programs are trying to ride out the legal, administrative, and economic headwinds of the Trump administration.

hechingerreport.org
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The solar boom in developing nations: Fast, chaotic, and unequal

Soaring energy costs are driving a solar rush in developing countries, but as households unplug from the grid, those who remain face higher electricity bills. If governments fail to manage the buildout, the growth of solar could destabilize power systems and deepen economic inequality.
e360.yale.edu
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Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
insideclimatenews.org
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‘World’s largest untapped energy source’: How waste heat could help Europe end its reliance on gas

“We are throwing away energy that we have already paid for."
www.euronews.com
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A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it

Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in western states.

grist.org
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Researchers may have solved wastewater's climate problem

Scientists expected their artificial floating wetland to help only after cleaning the water. Instead, greenhouse gas emissions dropped months earlier, and nobody is sure exactly why.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Workman installing solar panels on a residential roof

Rhode Island judge reverses Trump administration’s cancellation of $7B solar grant program

Rhode Island District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy ruled federal administrators broke the law when they canceled a $7 billion solar energy grant program after awards had already been given to recipients nationwide.

rhodeislandcurrent.com
Sheep and solar energy photovoltaic panels against a sunny sky. Agrivoltaics in action.

Minnesota project shows promise of mixing farming, solar power

Winifred Sylvah picked a handful of plump cucumbers on a cold, wet September morning as raindrops trickled off rows of solar panels in the background.
sahanjournal.com
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How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you

Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.
www.canarymedia.com
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Opinion: We have a climate imagination problem

We’re missing an emotional architecture for change: how it feels to want a different future and believe we can reach it, writes Solitaire Townsend.
time.com
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