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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
A red baseball cap with the words Make America Great Again on a wooden surface outside.

Trump’s science cuts could backfire on his own energy agenda

San Francisco skyline in wildfire smoke haze.

NIH signals end to key research on climate change and health

A hurricane off the coasts of Florida and Cuba.

Forecasts warn of intensifying hurricane season as NOAA faces deep budget cuts

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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

Road between two sets of nuclear towers.

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
An EV battery.

How old electric car batteries are quietly powering a cleaner future

An aerial view of the Paris skyline with the Eiffel Tower in the center.

Paris proves cities can clear the air by kicking cars to the curb