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Rey Espino (left) and Croll Envieh, who both worked on the construction of the solar farm, walk past rows of panels on land leased at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, Calif. on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Recent Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress

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Chef preparing food in a wok (Getty Images/AleksandarNakic)

Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?

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Taylor Swift performs during night two of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos on November 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (TAS2023 via Getty Images)

Extreme heat led to a Taylor Swift fan’s death in Brazil. Could it have been prevented?

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An aerial view of the almost dried up Zernek Dam due to the heat and excessive evaporation in the last months in Gurpinar district of Van, Turkiye on September 28, 2022. (Necat Hazar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A crisis of isolation is making heat waves more deadly

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Nuclear Plant Cooling Towers (Getty Images/John Harper)

US support for nuclear power soars to highest level in a decade

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After a four-year campaign, New York says yes to publicly owned renewables

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A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air, new report says

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Nuclear Plant Cooling Towers (Getty Images/John Harper)

Biden administration releases road map to scale up nuclear, hydrogen, and energy storage

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Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

To protect downwind states from smog, EPA cracks down on coal power pollution

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