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Indiana to pursue permitting primacy over carbon dioxide storage wells

Indiana lawmakers are advancing a proposal to assume primary authority from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over permits for carbon dioxide sequestration wells.

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Amsterdam defies last-minute lobbying to become first capital city to ban fossil fuel ads

Amsterdam city council has passed a legally binding ban on advertising for fossil fuels and meat products across public spaces in the city, becoming the first capital in the world to prohibit such ads.

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Our reporting showed Washington ranks last in green energy growth. Now the state is working to speed it up

Washington state has launched a sweeping effort to speed up construction of renewable energy projects, prompted by reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica.

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How data center backers are selling promises of jobs and clean energy

Through television ads and online campaigns, industry-backed groups are promising jobs, clean energy, and lower electricity bills.
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What is life like in Delhi, one of the world's most polluted cities?

Poor air quality in Delhi has impacted nearly all aspects of life with residents saying they have lost many of the "simple joys" such as opening a window or going for a walk outside.
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‘Exceptionally cold’: How a warming Arctic is pushing the US and Eastern Europe into a deep freeze

Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that sent much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather.

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UK among 10 countries to build 100GW wind power grid in North Sea

Energy secretary Ed Miliband says clean energy project is part of efforts to leave ‘the fossil fuel rollercoaster.’

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USDA pauses manure-to-gas loans amid high delinquency, project failures

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pausing a loan program aimed at promoting anaerobic digesters — many of which are issued for large-scale farms that turn animal waste into gas — to investigate high loan delinquency rates and underperformance.

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Europe gets ‘green energy.’ These Southern towns get dirty air

Wood pellets burned for electricity in Europe are fueling air pollution and health concerns in predominantly low-income towns in Mississippi and Louisiana.

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Documenting an Alaska village, before and after the storm that destroyed it

The story of Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of Alaska coastal villages facing down climate change.
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Many Amazon climate disasters are missing from official records, study finds

More than 12,500 extreme climate events were registered in the Amazon biome between 2013 and 2023, according to a recent study, but many more events were never recorded.

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