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In California’s Central Valley, the Plan to Build More Solar Faces a Familiar Constraint: The Need for More Power Lines

The state could embrace “policy synergy” to deploy solar in areas transitioning out of agriculture, but the transmission lines must come first.

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Westlands Solar Park, near the town of Lemoore in the San Joaquin Valley of California, is the largest solar power plant in the United States and could become one of the largest in the world. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.
Australian water scarcity activist Mina Guli completes her 200th marathon outside UN headquarters, ahead the UN Water Conference, on March 22, 2023, in New York City. Credit: Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images.

At the UN Water Conference, Running to Keep Up with an Ambitious 2030 Goal for Universal Water Rights

By Delaney Dryfoos

A drill site at Alpine Field in Alaska. Photo Courtesy of ConocoPhillips

Biden Approves ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project to Drill Oil in the Alaskan Arctic

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Holding a banner opposing the Willow oil project in Alaska, demonstrators gathered on Friday to urge President Biden to reject the proposal. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News.

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Aman Azhar

A man tows a canoe through a flooded street of his neighborhood as a truck passes in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, on Sept. 30, 2022, after Hurricane Ian slammed the area. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Left Devastating Flooding in Central Florida. Will it Happen Again?

By Amy Green,  WMFE

EPA Administrator Michael Regan. Credit: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

EPA Announces $27 Billion Effort to Curb Emissions and Stem Environmental Injustices. Advocates Say It’s a Good Start

By Aman Azhar

Construction continues in October 2022 on a new section of homes at Festival Ranch in Buckeye, Arizona. Future development in the city, 35 miles west of Phoenix, could be imperiled by a lack of water. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

Arizona’s New Governor Takes on Water Conservation and Promises to Revise the State’s Groundwater Management Act

By Wyatt Myskow

Wes Moore speaks to the congregation while attending a church service at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church on Nov. 6, 2022 in Clinton, Maryland. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Seven Tough Issues That Could Disrupt Maryland Gov.-Elect Moore’s Climate Agenda

By Aman Azhar

Mark Schein stands at the edge of a field last week, a few miles from his farm in Pickaway County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino

In the End, Solar Power Opponents Prevail in Williamsport, Ohio

By Dan Gearino

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, marching in Stockholm in June 2022, was inspired in part by gun control protests led by students who survived the Parkland shooting in Florida in 2018. Credit: Jonas Gratzer/Getty Images.

Finding the Antidote to Climate Anxiety in Stories About Taking Action

By Kiley Bense

In August 2019, President Donald Trump toured the Shell plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, while it was under construction. He was joined by Energy Secretary Rick Perry (L), Shell Oil company President Gretchen Watkins (2nd L) and Shell Pennsylvania Vice President Hilary Mercer (3rd R). Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

A New Shell Plant in Pennsylvania Will Soon Become the State’s Second Largest Emitter of Volatile Organic Chemicals

By Reid Frazier, StateImpact Pennsylvania

A sign advocating water conservation in San Anselmo, California, is posted in a field of dry grass in April 2021. That summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the state's residents to voluntarily cut water use by 15 percent. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Amid Punishing Drought, California Is Set to Adopt Rules to Reduce Water Leaks. The Process has Lagged

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," one of the most polluted areas of the United States. It lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants and other chemical facilities occupy sites alongside suburban homes. Credit: Giles

Judge Tosses Air Permits For $9.4 Billion Louisiana Plastics Plant

By James Bruggers

Kayakers paddle down a portion of Interstate 676 In September 2021 after Hurricane Ida inundated Philadelphia. Credit: Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images.

With COP27 Approaching, Cities Like Philadelphia Are ‘Powerful Tools’ for Climate Adaptation

By Kiley Bense

A home in Pilgrim's Knob, Virginia, sits empty after being lifted from its foundation by a recent flood. Credit: Chris Kenning, USA Today.

Can Appalachia Be Saved? Or Will ‘Worse and Worse’ Flooding Wash it Away?

By Chris Kenning, Connor Giffin and James Bruggers

Trucks buried in mud and debris after heavy rains in late July 2022 caused flooding in Kentucky. Credit: Wang Changzheng/Xinhua via Getty Images.

Strip Mining Worsened the Severity of Deadly Kentucky Floods, Say Former Mining Regulators. They Are Calling for an Investigation

By James Bruggers

A young girl waits in line for not potable water delivered by a tanker truck in Colonia Mirador de Garcia, Mexico, in July 2022. Residents there have been without running water for days. Credit: Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

Drought Emergency in Mexico Rekindles Demand for Water Law Reform

By Myriam Vidal Valero

In July, flooding in Karachi, Pakistan, after heavy monsoon rains. Credit: Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

After Unprecedented Heatwaves,  Monsoon Rains and the Worst Floods in Over a Century Devastate South Asia

By Zoha Tunio

Bottlenose dolphins. Credit: Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images.

From Spring to Fall, New York Harbor Is a Feeding Ground for Bottlenose Dolphins, a New Study Reveals

By Daelin Brown

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