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Solar saved Europe €3 billion in fossil fuel imports in March: Which country is leading the way?

A new analysis found that Europe’s solar capabilities could save the continent €67.5 billion by the end of the year if gas prices remain high.
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Meet the combustible cartoon character who wants to make kids feel sorry for fossil fuels

A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
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As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt

Rising temperatures are increasing the danger of heat-related illness among student athletes, pushing states to adopt new safety rules.

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Warm winters mean there's more nitrate pollution in Iowa's drinking water

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter, forcing the state's largest city to run an expensive nitrate removal system.

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Health sector launches collaborative to cut emissions and boost climate resilience

A National Academy of Medicine initiative is bringing together leaders across the U.S. health system to reduce its sizable carbon footprint and strengthen resilience to climate-driven health threats.

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Car dependency and US environmental health research

U.S. health research has long focused on car pollution; now scientists say the bigger threat may be car dependency itself.

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Conceptualizing climate vulnerability in health sciences

Climate change is increasingly understood as a public health emergency, but training the workforce to respond to it remains an unresolved challenge.

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EPA’s Aaron Szabo once helped write oil industry argument against methane rules

Before becoming a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions.
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The Trump administration’s new biofuels targets threaten carbon-rich rainforests

The U.S. doesn’t have enough bio-based diesel to meet the administration’s new mandate, so blenders will have to import yet more foreign crop-based oils.
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Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps, and EVs

The war on Iran has become a catalyst for green technology, as Europeans scramble to find less volatile alternatives to oil and gas.

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