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![A photo of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia.]()
![A photo of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia.]()
How Washington raised $300 million for climate action from polluters
The state's first "cap-and-invest" auction nearly doubled the price of carbon recently sold in California.
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![Illustration of hammer wrapped in leafy vine on green background]()
How to build homes that can fight climate change — and survive its effects
Designers and engineers are working on changing the way we build to protect people and the planet.
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![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
From lab to market, bio-based products are gaining momentum
Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. Made from plants, fungi, and microbes, these new materials aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse.
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![An eroding bluff on a beach in coastal Alaska.]()
![An eroding bluff on a beach in coastal Alaska.]()
How Alaska’s coastal communities are racing against erosion
"There's a lot of history being washed away."
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![The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La.]()
![The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back, in Reserve, La.]()
Justice Department sues major polluter in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
"EPA is finally treating this health crisis for what it is — an emergency."
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![Cargo ships docked in the Port of Seattle]()
![Cargo ships docked in the Port of Seattle]()
Walmart, Target, Home Depot lead pack of retailers emitting millions of pounds of CO2 through shipping
Eighteen U.S. companies’ cargo ships are causing an "onslaught of pollution,” report finds.
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It would take less than 3% of Big Oil’s profits to clean up methane emissions
"There is just no excuse" for the rise in methane emissions last year, IEA director says.
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![Illustration of yellow and orange house in the snow, with a heat pump on its side keeping it warm]()
![Illustration of yellow and orange house in the snow, with a heat pump on its side keeping it warm]()
Heat pumps are taking off in Maine, one of the coldest states
With greater than 100 percent efficiency, the devices offer protection from both chilling winters and hotter summers.
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Kentucky floodwaters are rising again and activists blame strip mines
Coal mining provided jobs for decades but has left the land vulnerable to fatal floods.
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![Illustration of stethoscope with earth as the end piece]()
![Illustration of stethoscope with earth as the end piece]()
How Harvard will teach future doctors about climate
The nation’s top medical school is embedding climate curriculum into all four years of instruction.
