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    President Biden Takes Office
    Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, President Biden's nominee for energy secretary, speaks last month in Wilmington, Del.
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    Energy Nominee Jennifer Granholm Stresses Climate Action And Jobs

    Jan 27, 2021
    Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says "good-paying jobs" can help zero out U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But some Republicans are skeptical they can help fossil fuel workers.
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    President Biden Takes Office
    A horizontal drilling rig and a pump jack sit on federal land in Lea County, N.M., in September. The state stands to lose royalties and revenue from a Biden administration pause on new oil and gas leases.
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    Biden Hits 'Pause' On Oil And Gas Leasing On Public Lands And Waters

    Jan 27, 2021
    The move is one of his more controversial campaign promises, and industry groups say they will sue. But it won't have much immediate impact on driving down climate-warming emissions.
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    Environment

    Biden Administration Turns Its Attention To Climate Crisis

    Jan 27, 2021
    President Biden is expected to sign on Wednesday an order pausing oil and gas drilling on federal land. It's one of several climate-focused executive actions he will make official.
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    What's Next For The U.S. After Rejoining The Paris Climate Agreement

    Jan 24, 2021
    The U.S. is rejoining the world's largest effort to address climate change: the 2015 Paris climate agreement. Climate change is one of the Biden administration's top priorities.
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    Energy

    Canadian Officials React To Biden Revoking Keystone XL Permit

    Jan 22, 2021
    Canadian officials say they're disappointed that President Biden revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline permit — but they're also looking forward to working with the new administration on climate change.
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    World
    Activists in New York City show their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect on Friday.
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    U.N. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Takes Effect, Without The U.S. And Other Powers

    Jan 22, 2021
    "For the first time in history, nuclear weapons are going to be illegal in international law," says Elayne Whyte, who oversaw the treaty's creation.
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    Doug and Judith Saum moved to New Hampshire from Reno, Nevada, to escape the health effects of worsening wildfire smoke<em>.</em>
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    Americans Are Moving To Escape Climate Impacts. Towns Expect More To Come

    Jan 22, 2021
    Nashua, New Hampshire, expects to be a destination for people migrating away from the coasts and toward cooler temperatures. Officials say a pandemic influx has shown the need to plan for that growth.
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    Business
    Vehicles drive on highway I-94 in St. Paul, Minn., on Nov. 7, 2020. A recent report from the International Energy Agency said emissions fell across most parts of the economy, with one notable exception: SUVs.
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    Pandemic Drastically Cut Emissions From Cars. The Lone Exception? SUVs

    Jan 20, 2021
    In rich countries, every sector of the economy reduced its contribution to climate change last year — with one big gas-guzzling exception.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    Pesticide warning sign in an orange grove. This sign, bilingual in English and Spanish, warns that the poisonous pesticide Lorsban has been applied to these orange trees. Photographed in Woodlake, in the San Joaquin Valley, California, USA.
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    Toxic Pesticide Faces New Scrutiny From Biden Administration

    Jan 20, 2021
    President Biden's wave of executive actions includes an order to reexamine one controversial, but widely used, pesticide called chlorpyrifos. The Trump administration kept it on the market.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    President Joe Biden is directing the U.S. to rejoin the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Here, activists rally on Dec. 12, 2015.
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    Biden Moves To Have U.S. Rejoin Climate Accord

    Jan 20, 2021
    President Biden signed an executive order to have the country reenter the Paris Climate Agreement, less than four months after formally withdrawing.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    President Biden has vowed quick action on climate change, appointing the largest climate staff of any president.
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    Biden To Move Quickly On Climate Change, Reversing Trump Rollbacks

    Jan 20, 2021
    President Biden has set his sights on more than 100 Trump administration environmental rollbacks as well as plans to rejoin the international climate accord.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    The Keystone XL pipeline was set to have passed near the White River in South Dakota. President Biden plans to block the controversial pipeline in one of his first acts of office.
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    Biden Order Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline

    Jan 20, 2021
    This likely means the end of the $8 billion pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast.
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    Environment

    Biden's Plan To Undo Trump's Last-Minute Deregulatory Spree & Enact A Climate Agenda

    Jan 20, 2021
    Trump called climate change a hoax. Biden calls it an existential threat. Washington Post journalist Juliet Eilperin talks about how Biden might reverse some of his predecessor's policies.
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    Keystone XL pipeline sections sit on a train near Glendive, Mont.
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    Union Pushing Keystone XL Faces Racial Discrimination Suit

    Jan 19, 2021
    Pipeliners Local 798, which represents thousands of workers on projects across the country, has a history of racism and faces new allegations it discriminated against Black members.
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    TED Radio Hour
    Beth Gardiner speaks on the TEDx stage in London.
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    Beth Gardiner: What Are The Consequences Of Breathing Dirty Air?

    Jan 15, 2021
    Journalist Beth Gardiner and activist Yvette Arellano explain the long-term health effects of air pollution. Yvette lives in a Houston neighborhood near the largest petrochemical complex in the U.S.
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    TED Radio Hour
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    Emma Schachner: How Did Dinosaur's Lungs Help Them Dominate The Earth For So Long?

    Jan 15, 2021
    Dinosaurs ruled Earth for 180 million years, but to dominate they had to outcompete a slew of other animals. Paleontologist Emma Schachner thinks their lungs could have been the competitive advantage
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    Environment
    Aircraft largely stayed on the ground in spring 2020, leading to a drop in greenhouse gas emissions.
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    Pandemic Causes Historic — But Fleeting— Drop In U.S. Climate Emissions

    Jan 14, 2021
    As Americans stayed home during the pandemic, cars and planes produced less heat-trapping emissions. But the effect is only temporary.
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    National
    Now Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, (R-MI), listens to Congressional members remarks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing, about the Flint, Mich. water crisis in 2016.
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    New Charges In Flint Water Crisis, Including Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder

    Jan 13, 2021
    At least a dozen people died and more than 80 people fell ill after untreated water from the Flint River caused lead to leach from old pipes, poisoning the water system city residents relied on.
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    National

    Many In Flint Question Whether They'll Get Justice For Water Crisis

    Jan 13, 2021
    There are reports that ex-Michigan Gov. Snyder and others will be charged in relation to the crisis that began seven years ago. There is also word that a possible civil settlement in the works.
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    Politics
    Climate change activists holding signs join in on a rally supporting the "Green New Deal" in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 24, 2019.
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    Progressives Gear Up For Broad New Push On Climate Action

    Jan 13, 2021
    The Green New Deal Network is launching with over $20 million to promote their agenda, as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office and Democrats set to control both chambers of Congress.
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    National
    The drilling rig Polar Pioneer outfitting for arctic oil exploration in 2015. A proposed rule from the Trump administration would force banks to offer financing to oil companies, gun-makers, and high-cost payday lenders, even if the banks don't want to d
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    Trump Regulator's Rule Would Force Banks To Lend To Gun-Makers And Oil Drillers

    Jan 11, 2021
    The Trump administration is trying to force banks to make loans to gun-makers and to finance payday lenders. Critics call the move bizarre. It's opposed by watchdog groups and banks.
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    Obituaries

    Remembering Nature Writer Barry Lopez

    Jan 08, 2021
    Lopez, who died Dec. 25, won the 1986 National Book Award for Arctic Dreams, an account of his travels in the far north over a period of four years. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2013.
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Trump administration has held the first oil lease sale in the refuge.
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    Major Oil Companies Take A Pass On Controversial Lease Sale In Arctic Refuge

    Jan 06, 2021
    After a three-year push by the Trump administration, almost no oil companies offered bids. Analysts point to controversy, low oil prices and an incoming administration that opposes drilling.
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    National
    As RV Wastewater Pilot Program coordinator for Seattle Public Utilities, Chris Wilkerson visits people living in motor homes and trailers and offers to pump out their waste for free.
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    Homeless In Seattle Get Help From City Waste Pumper

    Jan 03, 2021
    The city has noticed a rise in illegal sewage spills as the number of people living out of RVs and other vehicles has increased dramatically.
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    Environment And Energy Collaborative
    A polar bear with cubs in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2014.
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    After Decades-Long Push, It's Not Clear Who Will Bid In Arctic Refuge Oil Lease Sale

    Jan 01, 2021
    There's little solid data on how much oil is under the refuge, and lawsuits and market forces could dampen industry interest. Any leases would also face opposition from a Biden administration.
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