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shadowy global network vilifying climate protesters
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Meet the shadowy global network vilifying climate protesters

For decades, the Atlas Network has used its reach and influence to spread conservative philosophy—and criminalize climate protest.
Causes
arizona deadly heat wave GOP denial
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Arizona Republicans don’t want to hear about the deadly heat wave

GOP lawmakers are brushing off the extreme heat — and any suggestion of climate change.
Politics
Paul Krugman: Climate is now a culture war issue
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Paul Krugman: Climate is now a culture war issue

And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time.
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grid bottleneck & energy transition
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A bottleneck on the grid threatens clean energy. New rules aim to help.

It takes five years to connect a new wind or solar farm to the electric grid. New federal rules would only partly resolve the issue, experts say.
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Andrew Wheeler fossil fuel advocacy
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Trump’s former head of the EPA has been a quiet contributor to Virginia’s exit from RGGI

Gov. Glenn Youngkin caused an uproar picking Andrew Wheeler as his natural resources secretary. Senate Democrats blocked Wheeler’s nomination, but now he oversees regulatory efforts and remains involved in environmental policy.

Resilience
infrastructure budget cuts Congress
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Funding poised to dry up for water projects in Ohio and other states if proposed budget cuts become law

A House proposal looks for deep cuts to infrastructure programs, slashes environmental justice funding and more.
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Trump vows to undo Biden's electric vehicle policies
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Trump vows to undo Biden's electric vehicle policies

The former president's latest attempt to win auto workers' votes came in a video that accused his successor of imposing "crippling mandates" on the industry.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Two people installing a solar panel on a roof.

U.S. solar construction surges ahead of looming policy shift

A woman packing up her office belongings in a cardboard box.

FEMA places staff on leave after internal protest over agency cuts

a man riding skis down a snow covered slope.

Climate change is reshaping outdoor life as Americans feel the heat

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Sign reading United States Environmental Protection Agency.

New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

The Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

three windmills on top of a hill with blue sky and clouds behind.

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
a person in a boat in the water at sunset with birds flying overhead.

Federal judge orders closure of Everglades ICE detention site built without tribal consent

Barber Shop located in Ninth Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Disaster aid cuts raise fears of post-Katrina failures as hurricane risks grow