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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
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

Two Indigenous South American children.

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

Icebergs on water with brown mountains in the background.

Melting glaciers put global food and water systems at risk