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Report points to a new culprit behind the Great Lakes’ big, green poop problem
There's something shellfishy about the algal blooms.
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Chuck Schumer wants Biden to declare a ‘climate emergency.’ What does that mean?
38 countries have already made some kind of emergency declaration on climate change.
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This one number could alter how the US handles climate change
Biden directed his agencies to recalculate the social cost of carbon, the amount it really costs to emit CO2.
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Electric car batteries with 5-minute charging times produced
first factory production means recharging could soon be as fast as filling up petrol or diesel vehicles.
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‘No more broken treaties’: Indigenous leaders urge Biden to shut down Dakota Access pipeline
Tribes and environmentalists hail decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline but call on president to go further.
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We need to build a lot of wind turbines. Will Americans agree to live near them?
On a clear day, you may see wind turbines forever.
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One of the most biodiverse regions in the US is also its least protected
The South’s biodiversity can be saved — if we can learn to value its natural resources the way we value those of the American West.
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![Protestors against the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline hold signs and stand on a Keith Haring sculpture as they demonstrate outside of the W Hotel before the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama on October 25, 2011 in San Francisco, California]()
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After a decade of struggle, Keystone XL may be sold for scrap
Will Biden’s executive order kill the pipeline for good?
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Biden just put the US back in the Paris Agreement. Now the pressure is on.
Rejoining Paris is just the first step.
