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"This year, one of the last fugitives of the Earth Liberation Front pleaded guilty to arson — at a moment when climate activists are again flirting with radical ideas."
"The E.P.A. has proposed to ban the disposal of mining waste in the Bristol Bay watershed, a decision that very likely means the end of the Pebble Mine project."
"Hacked-off thorn branches encircle two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny bodies of Halima Hassan Abdullahi's twin granddaughters. Babies Ebla and Abdia lived only a day."
"Finding the most polluted places in the San Francisco Bay area is simple, a new air quality analysis shows: Locate places where mostly Black, Latino, Asian and low-income residents live, and pay them a visit." "Mobile air quality monitoring in San Francisco and Oakland challenges the accuracy of stationary monitoring sites across the country".
"Pesticide labels should include warnings in Spanish to help protect farmworkers who don’t read English, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a petition for rulemaking to the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs."
"The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to deliver some tough love to major investment firms: No more flashy green marketing — at least not without proof."
"The blue crab, the Chesapeake Bay’s most valuable catch and a closely watched proxy for the health of its underwater ecosystem, is less abundant now than at any time since scientists began regularly tracking the species in 1990."
"As climate change drives more intense storms and floods, some coastal districts are no longer relying solely on risk maps from U.S. disaster agency FEMA and are drawing up their own".
"Residents of Jacobabad say loss of trees and water facilities makes record-breaking temperatures unbearable".
"In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing only."
"Tens of thousands of miles of abandoned railroad tracks have been developed into recreational paths since the 1960s. Here are scenic pathways through deserts, valleys, mountain passages and more."
"The siege of active Atlantic hurricane seasons will continue for yet another year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday. In its annual seasonal outlook, the agency forecast the seventh straight above-normal Atlantic season, with 14 to 21 named storms — compared with 14 in an average year — and three to six major hurricanes, rated Category 3 or higher."
"Sewage treatment plants around the country and many of the factories that send them wastewater face a new and shifting array of regulations over how they handle PFAS."
"Massachusetts’ highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid by ExxonMobil to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state that accuses the oil giant of misleading the public about the role its fossil fuels play in causing climate change."
"Heat pumps are essentially two-way air conditioners that experts say save households money and warm homes without roasting the planet."
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