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Beijing is tackling its air pollution problem. Why can't New Delhi?
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Beijing is tackling its air pollution problem. Why can't New Delhi?

The return of smog season in India’s capital has again left residents asking why nothing has changed. The answer may be largely political.
Causes
Shell and ExxonMobil are selling 23,000 oil wells in California
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Shell and ExxonMobil are selling 23,000 oil wells in California

Shell and ExxonMobil are selling their California wells despite oil selling at high prices. Experts say one reason is looming liability for environmental cleanup.
Causes
Mine cleanup law weakened by coal's decline
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Mine cleanup law weakened by coal's decline

Reclamation is a flashpoint for the partisan divide over fossil fuels.
Solutions
Des Moines Superfund site to be demolished
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Des Moines Superfund site to be demolished after nearly four decades

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, marked the transfer of the site to the city, saying, "We know it's not just about the cleanup. It's about what's to come after.'
Politics
Which Pittsburgh mayoral candidate aligns with your environmental beliefs?
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Which Pittsburgh mayoral candidate aligns with your environmental beliefs?

Don't know where each candidate stands on environmental issues? This is your cheat sheet to understanding their answers to the biggest questions.
Opinion
Shoshanna Saxe, Kristen MacAskill: Stop building more roads
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Shoshanna Saxe, Kristen MacAskill: Stop building more roads

There’s a right way to do infrastructure. Why does America get it wrong?
Solutions
To get COVID-19 relief, companies in Canada will have to disclose climate impacts
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To get COVID-19 relief, companies in Canada will have to disclose climate impacts

Canada announced that in order for businesses to receive COVID-19 economic aid, they will be required to disclose their climate impacts and commit to making environmentally sustainable decisions.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Person wearing green jacket with the word Greenpeace on the back.

Greenpeace verdict over pipeline protest defamation could spell problems for environmental activism and speech

A petrochemical plant on the water at nighttime.

Petrochemical industry struggles with overcapacity, rising costs, and shaky green investments

The word plastic spelled out in multicolored letters.

Plastic ban in Bangladesh struggles as eco-friendly bags face high costs

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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

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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
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

An NOAA truck with a weather satellite on the back.

Trump’s government cuts disrupt NOAA forecasts and data collection