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Okefenokee Swamp (Getty Images/James Randklev)

How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

Jessie Blaeser
Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Washington DC (Getty Images)

EPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine

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EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives

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Firefighters battle the NCAR Fire on March 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado. The wildfire, which has forced almost 20,000 people to evacuate their homes, started just a few miles away from where the Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in December. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

The cost of wildfires is rising. But by how much?

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The Official Emblem of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™️ is unveiled in Doha's Souq Waqif on the Msheireb - Qatar National Archive Museum building on September 03, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. (Christopher Pike/Getty Images for Supreme Committee 2022)

Qatar claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup is carbon neutral. It’s not

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Study: Los Angeles’ major flood risk is much higher than previously thought

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A view of the World Bank building October 5, 2000 in Washington, DC. The World Bank bank lends money to developing countries around the world. (Per-Anders Pettersson/ Getty Images)

Report: World Bank invested nearly $15 billion in fossil fuel projects despite climate commitment

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GREAT YARMOUTH, ENGLAND - JULY 19: The sun starts to rise behind Britain's largest offshore wind farm off the Great Yarmouth coastline on July 19, 2006 in Norfolk, England. The 30 turbines cost GBP75million and can generate enough power for 41,000 homes are seen by supporters as a clean and green way to generate electricity and a way of cutting down on harmful green house gas emmissions. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Compared to oil and gas, offshore wind is 125 times better for taxpayers

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