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In Whitesburg, Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear visits a house with flood damage in July 2022. Beshear was criticized after the flood for public comments that made him appear to not understand that fossil fuel emissions were making storms more potent, but his comments also conveyed a sense of empathy and compassion. “I wish I could tell you why we keep getting hit here in Kentucky,” the governor said at the time. Credit: Michael Swensen/Getty Images.

 Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Steers Clear of a Climate Agenda in His Bid to Fend Off a Mitch McConnell Protege

By James Bruggers

Employees work on the assembly line at Hon Hai Group's Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, China. Foxconn is thought to be a producer of Apple’s watches, but it’s not clear what mix of renewable versus fossil energy it uses in its various factories. Credit: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images.

Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes

By Phil McKenna

Gathered for a Climate Convergence at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, climate activists on Monday stood behind melting ice sculptures to demand more climate action by Gov. Shapiro and state lawmakers. Credit: Jon Hurdle.

At a ‘Climate Convergence,’ Pennsylvania Environmental Activists Urge Gov. Shapiro and State Lawmakers to Do More to Curb Emissions

By Jon Hurdle

Food scraps in a GrowNYC collection bin await pick up by the DSNY. Credit: Jake Bolster

Why New York’s Curbside Composting Program Will Yield Hardly Any Compost

By Jake Bolster

Gov. Josh Shapiro drew the ire of many environmentalists when he appointed a 17-member working group on climate emissions reductions without revealing all of the names of panel members. Credit: Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images.

Shapiro Advisors Endorse Emissions Curbs to Fight Climate Change but Don’t Embrace RGGI Membership

By Kiley Bense

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hugs Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) as they speak at a news conference in September 2023 on the launch of the American Climate Corps outside the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Biden Creates the American Climate Corps, 90 Years After FDR Put 3 Million to Work in National Parks

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Chauncey Goss and his family spent weeks clearing hurricane debris from their property, as shown in this photograph taken shortly after Ian struck. Photo courtesy Chauncey Goss

For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making

By Amy Green

Adam Ortiz, EPA Mid-Atlantic administrator, shown here in November 2022 at the Edmonston pumping station in Prince George's County, Maryland, visited the Ivy City neighborhood in Washington on Tuesday to award a $12 million grant for a technical assistance center. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News.

EPA Rolls Out Training Grants For Environmental Justice Communities

By Aman Azhar

“Aluminum has a really big and positive role to play in the shift to clean energy and transportation and in creating a strong U.S. industry and jobs. But to make good on that promise, aluminum producers really need to reduce pollution and start modernizing and operating under updated rules so that there's less harm to people, the environment and the climate.” —Nadia Steinzor, Environmental Integrity Project. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images.

Crucial for a Clean Energy Economy, the Aluminum Industry’s Carbon Footprint Is Enormous

By Phil McKenna

As climate change brings record heat to U.S. cities and Baltimore residents try their best to stay cool, the state of Maryland works to meet its own ambitious emissions reduction goals to help counter the climate crisis. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.

Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals

By Aman Azhar

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is supporting the Decarbonization Network of Appalachia, one of two groups in the Western Pennsylvania-Ohio-West Virginia region that have been asked by the federal government to submit final applications for so-called hydrogen hubs. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images.

A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region

By Jon Hurdle

An Afghan scientist gathers water and soil samples at a water outflow from Bagram Airfield, formerly America's largest military base in Afghanistan. Credit: Kern Hendricks

America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up

By Lynzy Billing

Strong storms often lead to bluff erosion on the shores of Lake Superior. Credit: Juli Beth Hinds

U.S. Housing Crisis Thwarts Recruitment for Nature-Based Infrastructure Projects

By Lydia Larsen

Gillian Graber, executive director and founder of Protect PT, an organization focused on educating Pennsylvanians living in the state’s southwestern counties on the impacts of fossil fuel drilling on their communities, says repurposed conventional oil wells were never engineered to hold millions of gallons of tocis fracking wastewater. Credit: Scott Goldsmith

EPA Approves Permit for Controversial Fracking Disposal Well in Pennsylvania

By Jake Bolster

Workers install solar panels at the Double Black Diamond solar farm near Springfield, a 593-megawatt project that will produce clean energy for the city of Chicago. Credit: Rich Saal/Provided.

Illinois’ Signature Climate Law Has Been Slow to Fulfill Promises for Clean Energy and Jobs

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times, and Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News

A woman in Kenya tips a container to drain water into a smaller vessel in the village of Yaa Galbo. Water trucks periodically supply remote villages if wells and boreholes go dry. Credit: Larry C. Price

The Era of Climate Migration Is Here, Leaders of Vulnerable Nations Say

By Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a press conference in July 2021 urging the inclusion of the Civilian Climate Corps., a climate jobs program, in the budget reconciliation bill. Congress refused, and the corps languished, until President Biden announced on Wednesday that he would create it working through multiple agencies. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

Biden Finds Funds to Launch an ‘American Climate Corps’ With Existing Authority Congress Has Given to Agencies

By Marianne Lavelle

Climate protesters block the doors to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday as an NYPD police officer with the strategic Response Group, which specializes in large demonstrations, crowd control, and major events, center, watches over the demonstrators and another officer arrests a protester, left. Credit: Keerti Gopal

More Than 100 Protesters Arrested in New York City While Calling on the Federal Reserve to End Fossil Fuel Financing

By Keerti Gopal

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