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Drag queen Pattie Gonia wanted a scary Halloween costume. She went as climate change

Drag queen Pattie Gonia said she wanted a very scary costume for Halloween this year. "And honestly, what is scarier than climate change?" the Nebraska native told NPR over the phone while doing their two-hour makeup routine.

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Kentuckians demand utility regulators consider climate change in long-term planning

More than two-dozen Kentuckians called on Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities to do more to address climate change in its 15-year plan during a public hearing Tuesday.
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Kentucky bill would divest from financial companies that boycott fossil fuels

More than a hundred banks around the world have committed to divesting from fossil fuel resources to combat the climate crisis as part of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. This is a problem for some Kentucky lawmakers. Not climate change, but the divestment.

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Coal ash uncovered: Polluted groundwater found at 14 Kentucky sites
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Coal ash uncovered: Polluted groundwater found at 14 Kentucky sites

For decades, Kentucky's own coal stoked the fires that generated most of its electricity. And while some of those power plants have shut down or switched to natural gas, their legacy remains today in the leftover coal ash that's stored all over the commonwealth.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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

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

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

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Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs