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Youth activists score big climate victory in small Minnesota town.
Last month 11-year-old Olya Wright and a handful of students convinced the Grand Marais city council to adopt a “climate inheritance resolution” that could...
Here's how engineers are trying to hack climate change.
Much of the public hand-wringing over the effects of climate change centers on altering human, political and industrial behavior to reduce carbon emissions. But engineers...
In Kentucky coal country, a potential embrace of nuclear power.
Donald Trump promised to bring back coal jobs, but even the country's third-largest coal producer appears to be hedging its bets on a comeback....
Trump likely to stop new BLM land planning that sought to include community voices.
President Trump appears ready to roll back Obama-administration regulations that sought to give local residents more of a voice in land-use planning at the...
Washington businesses slam carbon tax.
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Building an island to power Northern Europe.
This post is part of a CityLab series on power—the political kind, the stuff inside batteries and gas tanks, and the transformative might of...
Report: Duke Energy could save ratepayers money with more clean energy.
Ratepayers in the Carolinas could save nearly $10 billion if Duke Energy increased solar power sixfold, shuttered coal plants ahead of schedule, and abandoned...
Antarctica: Everyone wants it, but no one owns it
For over 70 years seven different countries have claimed sovereignty over parts of Antarctica. But are these claims legitimate? This issue is now going...
In Georgia and South Carolina, ‘the game has changed’ on oil pipelines.
After setting temporary moratoriums on new oil pipelines in 2016, both Georgia and South Carolina are moving forward with hearings and bills to tighten...
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