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Duke Energy will have to clean up its filthy coal ash sites … eventually
North Carolina regulators are finally taking some action, but they still want to go easy on the company.
Tiny house, big drama in Pittsburgh gentrification battle
While Pittsburgh's tiny home may have a small footprint, its impact on the neighborhood could be anything but.
Your cigarettes literally kill everything
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The Alberta wildfire is dumping mercury into the atmosphere
The fire is burning through a boreal forest that has stored mercury for thousands of years.
There’s a 99% chance this will be the hottest year on record
So says the top climate scientist at NASA.
Trump wants to redo the U.N. climate talks. Here’s why he can’t.
Sorry Donald, the Paris deal is Trump-proofed.
Europe keeps hitting clean energy milestones
It’s been a really good month for renewables in Portugal, Germany, and the U.K.
Here’s where the science on GMOs stands
The National Academies of Sciences has released the most comprehensive report on GMO crops to date.
Trump Jr. wants his dad to put him in charge of federal parks and lands
Donald Trump’s eldest son, a big-game hunter, would like to be secretary of the interior.
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Trump wants to start from scratch on the Paris climate deal
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee thinks he could do better, somehow.
Massachusetts kids latest to nab win in lawsuit for climate action
The Supreme Judicial Court ordered a state agency to design a new emissions rule.
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Coal workers get screwed, their bosses get bonuses
Coal execs have a knack for landing a windfall just before their companies go bankrupt.
Tesla’s labor controversy shows that a green job isn’t always a good job
Just because a job is better for the environment, doesn’t make it better for the person who has it.
North Carolina’s anti-trans governor is cozy with major polluter
Pat McCrory stands accused of letting Duke Energy off easy after serious pollution violations.
Here’s a sign that Kentucky’s politics might finally be shifting away from coal
There's at least one Senate candidate who isn’t afraid to talk about the end of coal.
Is it time to give up on the 350 ppm goal? We’re now consistently above 400.
Three years after we crossed the threshold, we may not drop below it again.
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