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I hate cars. Should I learn to drive anyway?
Knowing how to drive — or even owning a car — doesn't automatically put you on the road to climate ruin.
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The US wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it?
Nickel and cobalt have precarious international supply chains, but eliminating them from batteries raises tough questions.
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‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise
Officials prepare to elevate streets despite financial shortfalls, amid recognition that not every home can be saved.
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Your city is more segregated than it was in 1990, new study shows
The consequences for environmental justice are stark.
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This gas utility has agreed to stop building a contentious Brooklyn pipeline — for now
Here’s why activists — and New York City — don’t see it as a win.
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Cancer Alley campaigner wins Goldman Prize for environmental defenders
Sharon Lavigne, a retired special ed teacher, led a successful campaign to block construction of a toxic plant in Louisiana.
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Your electric vehicle could become a mini power plant
And that could make the electrical grid work better for everyone.
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Decades after Watts revolted, the Black neighborhood is being ‘revitalized’ — but the cost is steep
Residents wonder how the most environmentally burdened place in California became one of the most vied-for plots of land in all of LA.
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Detroit’s first new assembly line in 30 years will compound pollution in Black neighborhoods
Residents are fighting back against the environmental racism.
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United’s supersonic planes would be a ‘massively polluting’ disaster
The true cost of faster-than-sound aviation.