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As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'
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As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'

Developers are combining new strategies with state and federal funds to turn decayed power plants once considered a blemish into potential assets for economic growth.
Causes

As coal plants shutter, a chance to redevelop 'the gates of hell'

Developers are combining new strategies with state and federal funds to turn decayed power plants once considered a blemish into potential assets for economic growth.
Impacts
Ecocide: Should killing nature be a crime?
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Ecocide: Should killing nature be a crime?

From the Pope to Greta Thunberg, there are growing calls for the crime of “ecocide” to be recognised in international criminal law – but could such a law ever work?
Politics
Orphan wells: Canada's struggling oil industry leaves thousands abandoned
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Orphan wells: Canada's struggling oil industry leaves thousands abandoned

The Alberta Energy Regulator had $170.3 million to clean up liabilities estimated at more than $22.5 billion.
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

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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