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Firefighters Will Be Suing, Getting Sued Over PFAS

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States Scramble on Water Rights Pact as Deadline Nears

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An Energy Regulator Crossed Manchin, Now He's Gone

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Fusion Is Promising, but Isn't a Near-Term Solution

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Big Tech Is Now a Big Player in US Energy Markets

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Manchin Still a Huge Factor on Energy in New Congress

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EV Mineral Demand May End Alaska Natives' Way of Life

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A New Low-Key Climate Czar for a New Climate Policy Era

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'Forever Chemicals' Here to Stay, Despite Alternatives

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RGGI Still Thriving Despite Revolving Door Membership

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Nevada Lithium Mine a Boon for EVs, But at What Cost?

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New Climate Dollars Get Cheers, Shrugs From States

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What Manchin Got for Backing Democrats' Climate Bill

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Manchin Likely Just Put an End to Big Climate Bills

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Can the Pentagon be Ready, Lethal, and Also Green?

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With PFAS Science, the More We Know, the Worse It Gets

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ESG Funds Are Finding It's Not Easy Being Green

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PFAS Litigation May Bring Down More Companies

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Rural Utilities Can't Get EPA Funds. Can They Survive?

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Energy Infrastructure Now More Impervious to Activists

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Democrats Torn Over Pursuing Low-Carbon Fuel Policies

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ESG Investors Get Big Win With New SEC Climate Rule

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Ukraine Invasion Hurts U.S. Nuclear Power in a Big Way

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Justices Give EPA Glimmer of Hope in Climate Case

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Charging Station Locations a Big Obstacle to EVs

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Climate Regulation Hinges on Case at Supreme Court

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Lead Pipe Money to Ooze, Not Flow, Out of EPA

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Competing Climate Rules Worry Federal Contractors

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Air Polluters Can't Ignore Citizen Science Anymore

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Can Taxes and the Free Market Solve Climate Change?

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Talking COP26: Major Breakthrough or All for Naught?

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Biden's PFAS Cleanup Plan: Who Will Pay For It All?

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UN Climate Conference: Everything You Need to Know

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'Exxon Knew' Movement Arrives on Capitol Hill

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The Politics of New York's Ban on Gas-Powered Cars

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Hurricane Ida Walloped Gulf's Energy Infrastructure

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Infrastructure Bill Reignites Superfund Tax Debate

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Reining in the Wild, Wild West of ESG Investing

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Air Pollution Rules Buckle Under Brutal Heat Waves

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Biden Climate Deadlines Come and Go With No Action

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Struggling Coal States Take 'Woke' Neighbors to Court

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EV Tax Breaks Can Save Carmakers, Mich. Lawmaker Says

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Electric Truck Batteries Too Heavy for Rickety Roads

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The Other Powerful Joe—Manchin—Rules on Climate Change

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'Tiger King' Suits: New Spin on Old Environmental Laws

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What's Regan Going to Do and How Is He Going to Do It?

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The Law Firm That Cashed in on Fossil Fuel Failures

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Texas Freeze Led to Pollution, But Likely No Fines

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Texas Energy May Stay the Course Even After Freeze

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Florida and Georgia Fight Winner-Take-All Water War

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Biden May Give Wall Street More Climate Data, and Fast

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Climate Suits Pushing Tort Law Into Uncharted Waters

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Election Plot Puts Environment Official in Spotlight

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After Flint, Uptick in Environmental Indictments Unlikely

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Supreme Court Fills Up Docket With Environmental Cases

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Carbon Capture Gets Federal Money, But Is It Needed?

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Save the Everglades, Eat Python for Christmas Dinner

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Biden Environmental Plan Rests on the Backs of Lawyers

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Electric Vehicles Good for Climate, Bad for Taxation

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Firefighting Gear Opens a New Front in PFAS Legal War

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Introducing: Black Lawyers Speak

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Biden Environment Goals Collide With Divided Congress

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Arctic Drilling Push Comes Down to Trump's Final Days

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The Morning After and Federal Agencies Hang in Balance

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Post-Soviet Treaty Complicates EU's Climate Ambitions

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States Are Taking Action, Slowly, on Nonstick Chemicals

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Trump's Wetland Dispute Slogs On at Bedminster Course

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Oil Wildcatters a Wild Bunch in Oil-Poor Nevada

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Do EPA Chemicals Protections Protect 'Cancer Alley?'

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How Ginsburg, and Her Absence, Affect the Environment

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Air Quality Gadgets Fly Off Shelves in Smoky, Hazy West

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EPA Racial Justice Plan Has Interestingly Timed Debut

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Markey Win Shows Green New Deal Far From Irrelevant

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California Fighting Massive Wildfires With Blackouts

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Arctic Drilling a Bittersweet Prize for Oil Industry

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Investigating the Killing of an Environmental Activist (Podcast)

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Biden Win Would Be Game Changer for Climate Lawsuits

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Introducing: Blood River

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Polluted Town Says EPA Declaring Premature Victory

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EPA Funding May Get Snarled in Campaign Brinkmanship

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Big Pipeline Projects Get Rapid Fire Bad News

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Water Shortage Hits Tribes, But Is Mining to Blame?

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Bird Killing Plan Uses 'Sully' Plane Crash as Rationale

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Even Pandemic Can't Stop Shift to Renewable Energy

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For PFAS Plaintiffs, Delays Starting to Add Up

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California Climate Rules Not Made for Pandemic Times

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Coronavirus Is in Air, on Surfaces and Even in Sewage

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Is EPA Trying to Help Older Workers, or Exploit Them?

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Where Crude Oil Goes When There's Nowhere to Store It

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GMO Debate Could Be Upended by Engineered Mosquitoes

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'Tiger King,' Virus Make Wildlife a Bipartisan Issue

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Toxic Cleanup Slowdown Hits Low Income Areas Hardest

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Why Interior's Post-Virus Plan is Lots of Hunting

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Pandemic's Effects on Environment Are Good, Bad, Weird

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Virus Strains Waste Industry, Regulators Weigh Relief

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Judges Struggle With Environmental Cases Amid Pandemic

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EPA Grudgingly Embraces Telecommuting Amid Pandemic

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Gun Toting Ranchers May Win With Trump Grazing Policy

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Honey Bees Get Attention, But Native Bees Need Help

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Dominion, Duke Hike to Supreme Court in Trail Dispute