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Georgia’s Clean Energy Boom Sparks Credit Dispute

If Joe Biden’s presidency had a capstone achievement, it was the Inflation Reduction Act, and if the IRA’s project of reindustrializing America through climate action has a poster child, it is Georgia. The Peach...
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Researchers Unite Against Attacks on Science and Support U.S. Colleagues

Last Friday, the global science community made a big promise to support American researchers in the face of a massive wave of anti-science propaganda and misinformation that’s taking over the media and leading decision-making...
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Solar Panel Industry in Thailand at Risk Due to US Tariffs

On a humid day in February, a lil group of workers huddled in front of a big solar panel factory inside Thailand’s biggest manufacturing hub in the eastern coastal province of Chonburi, home to...
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Trump Closes 25 USGS Centers Monitoring Drought and Flooding

Hammer Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is part of the Chesapeake Bay Small Agricultural Watershed Monitoring Program and the Pennsylvania Water Science Center targeted for closure. Scott Heidel, PADEP / USGSSo, like, these more...
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Breaking Through Climate Apathy: Scientists’ New Discovery

So, back in the day, winter in Princeton, New Jersey meant one thing: frozen Lake Carnegie. People used to lace up their skates and glide across the ice like nobody's business. But nowadays, forget...
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Revitalizing Michigan: Solar Power on Brownfield Sites – Climate News

Michigan, like, has like, 24,000 known contaminated sites, which is a lot, you know? It's like, all from heavy manufacturing where companies just like, threw away hazardous stuff without anyone really watching. Taxpayers end...
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Transforming Asia Towards a Fossil-Free Future: Real Change Needed

Chuck Baclagon, who is the Asia regional finance campaigner for 350.org, is really making some noise about how our continent is basically on fire. And no, I'm not talking about some metaphorical fire –...
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Global Conservation Projects Face Impact of USAID Funding Cuts

So, on February 3, there's this guy, Elon Musk, who decided to share his weekend activities on social media. He typed something like, "Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone...
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Malayan Tiger Population Decline: A Critical Situation – Inside Climate News

So, like, there's this thing happening in Malaysia where logging and palm oil plantations are spreading like wildfire. I mean, it's really messing with the wildlife's homes, especially the critically endangered Malayan tigers. It's...
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Indigenous Activists Demand Oil Drilling Ban at COP30

Jonas Mura, the big boss of the Mura Indigenous people, is all like, "Peace out!" because oil and gas companies crashed the party around ten years ago. He's been fighting tooth and nail against...