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![a collage of a person looking at a circle filled with a color rendering of the proposed city 'California Forever.' Outside of the circle, the landscape consists of dry fields and turbines]()
![a collage of a person looking at a circle filled with a color rendering of the proposed city 'California Forever.' Outside of the circle, the landscape consists of dry fields and turbines]()
Is it possible to build a dream city from scratch?
Sustainability is at the heart of California Forever’s ambitious plan for a new city — and its problems.
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![A photo of a row of plastic water bottles with red caps next to a photo of Kamala Harris raising her hand and speaking]()
![A photo of a row of plastic water bottles with red caps next to a photo of Kamala Harris raising her hand and speaking]()
What would a Harris presidency mean for the plastics crisis?
Experts say Kamala Harris has "the know-how and credentials to challenge plastic pollution as president."
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How Israel’s war on Gaza unraveled a landmark Mideast climate deal
Project Prosperity, a water-for-energy deal between Israel and Jordan, promised major climate adaption in a drought-stricken region. Then October 7 happened.
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![Kamala Harris speaks at a lectern outside with Joe Biden in the background]()
![Kamala Harris speaks at a lectern outside with Joe Biden in the background]()
What would a Harris presidency mean for the climate?
A look at Kamala Harris' record on clean energy, climate diplomacy, and environmental justice in California, the Senate, and the White House.
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![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
![Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, wearing suits, stand on stage. Trump, wearing a white bandage on his ear, is saying something to Vance.]()
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![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
![A portrait of state Sen. Mary Kunesh from Minnesota]()
The state senator leading efforts to return land to tribal nations
"We can't sit back anymore and not participate."
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![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
The quick, quiet death of Biden’s natural gas export pause
Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months.
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![Several people harvest beans in a field.]()
![Several people harvest beans in a field.]()
Biden admin unveils first-ever heat protections for workers. Here’s what to know.
The proposal comes as Americans endure another summer of record-breaking temperatures.
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![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
![Steam rises from the smokestacks to fill the night sky above the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Alabama.]()
These Supreme Court decisions just made it harder to solve climate change
Four key rulings limiting federal power will curtail the ability of the EPA and other agencies to write and enforce climate policies.
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![Two workers pick peaches from trees.]()
![Two workers pick peaches from trees.]()
The Biden administration is inching closer to a heat standard for workers — if the election doesn’t doom it
The long-awaited rule could be finalized before November, but it faces political hurdles either way.
