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In coal-rich Kentucky, a new green aluminum plant could bring jobs and clean energy
Labor and state leaders wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy.
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![UN Secretary General speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga in 2024.]()
![UN Secretary General speaks at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga in 2024.]()
Climate change is drastically changing life for Indigenous peoples in the Pacific
A new U.N. report finds that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year, and dozens of disasters.
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![Volunteer wearing high visibility vest and face mask carries bag of apples to someone's car]()
![Volunteer wearing high visibility vest and face mask carries bag of apples to someone's car]()
An unlikely line of defense during heat waves: Food banks
Food pantries and meals-on-wheels organizations are taking on a new role during climate emergencies.
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![President Joe Biden and others stand on the floor of an EV assembly plant]()
![President Joe Biden and others stand on the floor of an EV assembly plant]()
States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available.
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Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries
A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it.
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Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Climate change is threatening Earth's biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to "back up" lifeforms?
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![Customers mill about in front of a large white screen with a photograph of a smiling woman wearing a VR headset and the text 'Vision Pro' next to the Apple logo]()
![Customers mill about in front of a large white screen with a photograph of a smiling woman wearing a VR headset and the text 'Vision Pro' next to the Apple logo]()
The right to repair electronics is now law in 3 states. Is Big Tech complying?
You're legally entitled to fix your own gadgets in California, Minnesota, and New York — but not all tech companies have gotten the memo.
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Colorado is trying to prevent people from putting plastic forks in their compost
But even products certified as "compostable" are causing headaches.
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![Frontal view of a large piece of John Deere farming equipment harvesting a field of soybeans]()
Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
A national flexitarian diet would reduce the amount of U.S. farmland by roughly the size of South Dakota.
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![Tall marquee in blue and red and white on TV/convention stage, with wooden podium and people milling around.]()
How do you reduce the carbon footprint of a political convention? One donation at a time.
Organizers want the 50,000 attendees to pitch in toward solutions.
