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These elite universities have a fossil fuel problem

For years, oil companies have funded some of the top climate scientists at Ivy League universities. But as scandals accumulate, maybe that will start to change.
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Atlanta’s “Cop City” and the vital fight for urban forests

The people protesting “Cop City”—at tremendous personal cost—deserve our support. They’re defending a vital public health and climate resource.
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The climate apocalypse will be Google mapped

Google Maps’s air quality indicators and wildfire warnings suggest one approach to a warming world. It’s grim.
Politics
Atlanta police shooting & environmental activism
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The Atlanta police shooting is a warning sign for the safety of environmental activists

Environmental defenders get killed at appalling rates in other countries. Could that trend come to the U.S.?
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Corporate America reserves the right to kill you with soot pollution

All the usual suspects have lined up against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed tightening of air pollution regulations.
Fracking poisoned this town’s water. now frackers are being allowed back in.
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Fracking poisoned this town’s water. now frackers are being allowed back in.

Pennsylvania authorities have ended a moratorium on fracking in the town of Dimock, highlighting the contradictory nature of fossil fuel politics in the region.
Politics
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The problem with Silent Spring environmentalism

A new history of the environmental movement places too much emphasis on famous figures like Rachel Carson and shies away from confronting failures.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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UMass commits to climate leadership as states counter federal inaction

A hydrogen tank with H and a subscript 2 on it in blue font.

Trump administration steers hydrogen funding to fossil fuel projects, sidelining clean energy hubs

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Solar panel recycling plant planned to boost Florida’s clean energy economy

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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NOAA scaled back major CO2 report as Earth’s carbon sinks weaken

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

CLIMATE
California solar farms stretch to the horizon surrounded by green fields.

Farmers in California are swapping crops for solar to save water and stay afloat

Water polluted with trash.

Trump’s first 100 days bring sweeping rollbacks to climate protections and environmental oversight