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How landowners helped to derail one of the biggest CO2 pipelines ever proposed

Lured by billions of dollars in federal funding for carbon capture, developers are proposing huge pipelines to carry the CO2 across the Midwest.

Kristoffer Tigue · November 7, 2023
Grist

Kentucky’s Democratic governor would rather not talk about climate change

In a coal-powered state beset by disasters, Andy Beshear hopes to win reelection by avoiding the elephant in the room.

Katie Myers · November 6, 2023
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Capturing carbon with seaweed: what we know and what we don’t

Towering underwater kelp forests are often likened to trees, but seaweed carbon sequestration is far more complex than in soil-bound ecosystems.

Clare Watson · November 6, 2023
Guardian

Fashion’s efforts to go green canceled out by shopaholics

Wrap report says 12 percent reduction in carbon impact negated by 13 percent rise in textiles produced and sold

Zoe Wood · November 6, 2023

Grist

Earth is getting extra salty, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies

Salt can contaminate aquifers, corrode pipes, and accelerate snowmelt.

Kate Yoder · November 2, 2023
High Country News

The climate crisis is pushing Washington’s prisons to the brink

Why not let people out?

Sarah Sax and Christopher Blackwell · November 2, 2023
Grist

How to sell solar in coal country

Solar advocates in southwestern Virginia say being local, proving the technology works, and building a coalition to support it have been key to their success.

Hannah Wilson-Black · November 2, 2023
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Mainers see promise in ballot initiative to create a statewide nonprofit electric utility

The state’s shareholder-owned utilities have outspent its supporters nearly 30 to 1 to stop it.

Annie Ropeik · October 30, 2023

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Study explores how toxic chemicals are ‘stealing children’s future potential’

Children of color are not only exposed to more dangerous substances but also experience disproportionate harm to their brain development.

Victoria St. Martin · October 26, 2023
Mother Jones

EPA promised to address environmental racism. Then conservatives struck back.

It’s part of an effort to end decades-old federal policy by redefining what counts as discrimination.

Yvette Cabrera, Jamie Smith Hopkins and Grey Morgan · October 26, 2023
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Pennsylvania’s gas industry used 160 million pounds of secret chemicals from 2012 to 2022

Researchers say unidentified additives may have included “forever chemicals” linked to serious health problems.

Jon Hurdle · October 25, 2023
Guardian

‘There’s still beauty’: a national park bounces back after California’s biggest single fire

The recovering ecosystem of Lassen Volcanic national park offers lessons on how to protect public lands in a climate crisis era

Dani Anguiano · October 23, 2023