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Advocates wary Biden’s infrastructure plan won’t right past wrongs
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Advocates wary Biden’s infrastructure plan won’t right past wrongs

If Biden's infrastructure plan is approved, experts warned that the people whose lives are most affected by the ongoing effects of the Highway Act will have less power to influence the way these new funds are spent.

Causes
Oil companies welcome Kern permitting changes while opponents turn to courts, state government
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Oil companies welcome Kern permitting changes while opponents turn to courts, state government

After a unanimous vote by the Kern County Board of Supervisors to reinstate streamlined drilling permits, local oil producers said they were looking forward to a more predictable regulatory structure, while an opponent pledged to challenge the measure.

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Texas grid crisis exposes environmental justice rifts
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Texas grid crisis exposes environmental justice rifts

While the height of Texas' blackouts left more than 4 million homes and businesses without power, some experts say low-income areas and communities of color bore the brunt of much of the crisis.
Politics
New York says goodbye to 6 dirty power plants and hello to working with communities
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New York says goodbye to 6 dirty power plants and hello to working with communities

"They always have the advantage of having information that we don't have access to." Now that will change.
Solutions
He helped pass a historic EJ bill. But he’s just getting started
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He helped pass a historic EJ bill. But he’s just getting started

An architect of anti-polluting policies on why New Jersey’s latest law is important — and why it’s still not enough.
Impacts
Millions of homeowners who need flood insurance don't know it — thanks to FEMA
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Millions of homeowners who need flood insurance don't know it — thanks to FEMA

It is FEMA's job to warn homeowners about major flood risks, but its approach is notoriously limited.

Impacts
Climate change is a racial justice problem

Climate change is a racial justice problem

You can’t build a just and equitable society on a planet that’s been destabilized by human activities, scientists and activists say.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Trump blocks funding for science agencies, risking AI and weather research

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Earth is losing soil moisture fast — and it’s changing sea levels and the planet’s rotation

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Global sea ice reaches record low as Earth's poles continue to warm

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
Environmentalists are struggling, but their struggle isn’t unique to the Trump administration

Environmentalists are struggling, but their struggle isn’t unique to the Trump administration

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Trump order stalls Indigenous-led climate efforts