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How we mapped Chicago’s lead pipe problem and what we learned

Chicago has a lead pipe problem. The city estimates that about 412,000 out of roughly 491,000 water service lines require replacement because they are known...

Net Zero Banking Alliance Pauses Activities

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed banking sector coalition dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through their financing activities, announced that it...

Comment: Effective waste management in the age of e-waste

By Xavier Hubert, Head of Circular Economy, Global Services & Solutions with contract electronics manufacturer Flex Responsible management of e-waste is no longer about recycling...

How a Koch-funded campaign is trying to reverse climate action in Vermont

For about two decades, Americans for Prosperity, the conservative political network, has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into stalling climate action nationwide. Founded...

We now know just how much climate change supercharged Hurricane Katrina

Two decades ago, Hurricane Katrina spun up like a massive atmospheric engine, using warm ocean water as fuel. Making landfall as a Category 3...

Aalo Raises $100 Million to Build Combo Advanced Nuclear Plant and Data Center

Aalo Atomics, a US-based nuclear technology company announced that it has raised $100 million in a Series B financing round, with proceeds aimed at...

20 years after Katrina, New Orleans’ levees are sinking and short on money

It has been 20 years since New Orleans’ faulty levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina, causing a flood that claimed almost 2,000 lives and...

Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’

Should you be worried about climate change? The answer used to be debatable — literally. Way back in 2007, NPR aired a debate over the...

Inside the program cuts, workforce purges, and secretive reorganization of the USDA

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers...

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