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Texas is skirting federal environmental law to push for highway expansion
The state department of transportation says many of its highway projects have “no significant impact.”
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Chicago made its Southeast Side a polluter’s haven, violating civil rights
The city’s decision to relocate a scrapyard to a majority Black and Brown community is part of a pattern of environmental discrimination, according to a federal investigation.
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Houston investigated for slow 311 response to Black & Hispanic residents
City allegedly addresses illegal dumping complaints by people of color more slowly than those from white residents.
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California lawmakers are ready to decarbonize the shipping industry. The technology isn’t there yet.
Experts say getting to net-zero will require more research and government support.
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Americans are coming around on electric cars
More than a third said they'd consider buying or leasing an EV.
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June heat waves smash records across the globe
It’s not your imagination: This summer is already hotter than normal.
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The push to ban new gas stations is coming to Los Angeles
LA, the capital of car culture, could be the first big city to enact such a ban.
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New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law
'We need to actually say no to industry when it hurts communities.'
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As a heat wave grips the US, lessons from the hottest city in America
Summer is becoming unbearable. Phoenix holds solutions on how to cope.
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Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
A new generation of reactors promises a nuclear energy renaissance, but critics say the U.S. needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.