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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wants the federal government to throw out Missouri’s regional haze plan

Congressional representatives from St. Louis and Kansas City and environmental groups argue the state’s plan doesn’t make meaningful attempts to reduce the pollution that causes haze.
Newsletter
New bill would offer worker protection in climate disasters
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New bill would offer worker protection in climate disasters

Rep. Cori Bush is introducing legislation to protect workers following six deaths last year caused by a tornado hitting an Amazon warehouse.
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New bill would offer worker protection in climate disasters

Rep. Cori Bush is introducing legislation to protect workers following six deaths last year caused by a tornado hitting an Amazon warehouse.
Politics
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Democratic staffers arrested after staging sit-in outside of Chuck Schumer's office

Six congressional staffers were arrested on Monday after a group of more than a dozen Democratic staffers organized a climate demonstration at the office of Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who they argued has not done enough to address the impact of global warming.

Politics
Cori Bush steers funding to fight climate crisis to Biden
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Cori Bush steers funding to fight climate crisis to Biden

Bush’s push would give the White House $100 million in clean energy funding to use through the Defense Production Act.
Solutions
AOC rallies progressives to push Biden for bold action
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AOC rallies progressives to push Biden for bold action

The group of young progressive Democrats in the House is moving quickly to pressure President-elect Joe Biden for bold action on climate change and racial justice despite wariness among some in the party's establishment of moving too far, too quickly.

Solutions
Sunrise Movement, a growing electoral force, faces "painful moment"
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Sunrise Movement, a growing electoral force, faces "painful moment"

Sunrise feels growing pains amid a slew of electoral victories, raging arctic wildfires, and a vanishing ice sheet.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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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