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In Pennsylvania’s hotly contested 17th congressional district, climate change takes a backseat to jobs and economic development
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In Pennsylvania’s hotly contested 17th congressional district, climate change takes a backseat to jobs and economic development

BEN AVON, Pa.—On a Saturday morning late last month, in this tree-lined suburb west of Pittsburgh, Chris Deluzio, a Democrat running for Congress, met with residents and supporters at the Anchor & Anvil coffee shop, a community-oriented business on a peaceful street.

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Pennsylvania: Pollution persists on Neville Island after Shenango Coke Works closed
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Pennsylvania: Pollution persists on Neville Island after Shenango Coke Works closed

Residents want Allegheny County to install more air monitors and to more aggressively regulate Metalico, a metal recycling facility.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
The Magdalena River in Colombia with a small tour boat on its banks and a sunset and trees in background.

Colombia’s largest oil company accused of hiding environmental damage

Illuminated bridge at dusk in Alexandria Egypt

Alexandria's fishing families stay put as seas rise around them

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Ecuador must expand protections for isolated Indigenous groups after court ruling

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Volunteers scramble to rescue federal environmental data as Trump administration pulls it offline

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Melting glaciers put global food and water systems at risk