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EPA to weaken rules on methane pollution from “stripper wells”

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
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E.P.A. will erase limits on climate pollution from power plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Rhode Island Energy looks to Maine onshore wind farm to boost renewable electricity supply

A tentative contract announced by Rhode Island Energy would bring 150 megawatts of renewable electricity to the state via an onshore wind farm planned in northern Maine.

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A pilot program in Plymouth hopes to crack the code on insurance in coastal communities

Inflation and tariffs are scrambling rebuilding costs, and the rise in climate-driven natural disasters has contributed to a recent increase in private insurers not renewing policies.

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A federal judge just told Trump there's no ‘emergency' to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open

It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
A view of manufactured homes with a U.S. flag flying outside

A super El Niño is building. Florida’s most vulnerable homes aren’t ready

A strong El Niño is raising the odds of an active winter storm season — and the Floridians most likely to die in a tornado live in aging manufactured homes the state can’t even count.

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Wildfires, permafrost melt in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows

These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimates for this century.
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Climate change is shifting malaria hot spots in Africa

Historic data and predictions suggest cases will rise in East Africa and southern regions, while the threat may ease in West and Central Africa.
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America’s air monitors are disappearing, along with the power to expose polluters

Community air monitoring restrictions are spreading as public networks shrink, limiting how residents’ pollution data can be used in enforcement.
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AI data center pollution poses health threat, former EPA officials warn

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.
 Solar production panels factory.

A solar industrial complex is turning Republicans into believers

A Georgia solar-panel factory — and the jobs it provides — is making renewable energy fans out of state Republicans.

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