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Kathmandu finally got tap water. After a climate disaster, it was gone
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Kathmandu finally got tap water. After a climate disaster, it was gone

A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming.
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Mongolia secures funding for major wind and solar project
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Mongolia secures funding for major wind and solar project

Mongolia has secured funding from the Asian Development Bank and other sources to build a 41-megawatt distributed renewable energy system that will provide clean electricity to about 260,000 people living in remote areas in the western part of the country.

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Can this new electric rickshaw stop cars from taking over Asian cities?
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Can this new electric rickshaw stop cars from taking over Asian cities?

This rickshaw is designed to modernize the more sustainable transportation option.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
blue and white solar panels on green grass.

Clean energy tech is outpacing politics and reshaping the global power landscape

Scientists in lab coats and protective goggles work in a lab, reviewing files.

Scientists scramble to save climate and health data as government deletions escalate

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Trump administration slashes environmental reviews to speed fossil fuel permits

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
A woman looks at a handmade journal that includes pressed flowers and leaves.

Independent bookshops are helping people fight climate despair with the right stories

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Maryland’s conservation streak shows how far a small state can go