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Korean solar company plans to build plant in Georgia

Korean solar company plans to build $2.5 billion plant in Georgia

Hanwha Qcells expects to make solar panels and their components in the United States to take advantage of President Biden’s climate policies.

Solutions

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With GOP circling, Ossoff leans into climate change

Sen. Jon Ossoff isn't letting his narrow victory in January's Georgia runoff election dampen his support for the Biden administration's clean energy agenda, a contrast to how lawmakers in some closely-divided states have sought to navigate the thorny issue of climate change.

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Ossoff and Warnock victories could help Joe Biden pass climate plan

With Democrats poised to take control of both houses of Congress, Biden's opportunities to tackle climate change and other major environmental problems have greatly expanded. But given the closely divided Senate, the question is by how much.

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Georgia Republicans are revving up Green New Deal attacks. But these Dems aren't backers

Georgia's GOP senators are trying to paint their opponents as "radical" by dinging them over the Green New Deal.

Impacts

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In Georgia, buffeted by hurricanes and drought, climate change is on the ballot

Neither the Rev. Raphael Warnock nor Jon Ossoff has endorsed the Green New Deal. But as Georgia has become the political battleground that delivered a surprising but narrow win for President-elect Joe Biden, the Democratic candidates for the state's two Senate seats are not hiding from the subject of climate change, either.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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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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Korean solar company plans to build $2.5 billion plant in Georgia

With GOP circling, Ossoff leans into climate change

Ossoff and Warnock victories could help Joe Biden pass climate plan

Georgia Republicans are revving up Green New Deal attacks. But these Dems aren't backers

In Georgia, buffeted by hurricanes and drought, climate change is on the ballot

Fifteen years after the Gulf oil spill, health claims stall as offshore drilling expands

Climate-fueled disasters and inflation drive Texas homeowners to face soaring insurance costs

Agroforestry cuts deforestation in Southeast Asia, but success depends on local policies

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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

Opinion: Global warming is a crisis of inequality

Climate change fades in Canadian election as voters prioritize economy and U.S. tensions