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In Italy, Leonardo’s Ferry is left high and dry by global warming and red tape

A ferry used to traverse the banks of the Adda River, in northern Italy, but drought and an abundance of bureaucracy has closed it down.
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Clean transportation advances with hybrid-electric ferries
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Clean transportation advances with hybrid-electric ferries

Washington state is taking the first steps to clean up one of the biggest pollution sources in state transportation by switching from diesel ferries to electric-hybrids. The state is converting some of its biggest and dirtiest ferries, and building an all-new 144-car electric ferry with the option to buy four more.

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Oslo asks: How low can a port's GHG emissions go?

Oslo asks: How low can a port's GHG emissions go?

The Port of Oslo aims to slash emissions 85 percent by 2030: “It’s what is necessary if we are going to reach the Paris Agreement.”
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Texas oil boom brings wealth, but pollution leaves communities struggling

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Wildfires in Los Angeles disrupted school for thousands of vulnerable students

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Rising temperatures could sharply increase heart disease risks by 2050

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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

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A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

CLIMATE
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U.S. scientists push forward with climate research despite government withdrawal

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Trump’s pick to lead clean energy office has deep oil industry ties