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A Tesla charging station is seen at a travel plaza off Interstate-95 in Cecil County, Maryland. One of the funded projects includes efforts to deploy new electric vehicle charging stations along the Interstate-95 corridor in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

At the Salton Sea in California, geothermal plants could soon also extract lithium from brine water contained deep in the ground. But local community members and environmentalists worry about the impacts the mining will have on local water supplies. Credit: EcoFlight

Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water

By Wyatt Myskow

The 40 Acre Conservation League, led by president Jade Stevens, purchased 650 acres of land bordering the Tahoe National Forest in northern California. Credit: K2J Productions

Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

As Climate Change Dries Out the West, Fourth of July Fireworks Spark Increased Wildfire Risk

By Kiley Price

The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

A student walks by an active oil drilling field located near Alliance Ted K. Tajima High School in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, 2023. Credit: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum

By Liza Gross

People rest under the shade in San Ramon as a heat wave hits the San Francisco Bay Area in July 2021. Credit: Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images

California’s Bay Area is Heating Up. Its Infrastructure Isn’t Designed For It

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

An oil pumpjack sits near homes in Signal Hill, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

California Oil Town Chose a Firm with Oil Industry Ties to Review Impacts of an Unprecedented 20-Year Drilling Permit Extension

By Liza Gross

An aerial view of the MCE Solar One community solar farm in Richmond, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California Regulators Approve Community Solar Decision Opposed by Solar Advocates

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

The shuttered power plant in Morro Bay, Calif., where Vistra Corp. has proposed a 600-megawatt battery storage project on a portion of the site. Credit: Vistra Corp.

On California’s Central Coast, Battery Storage Is on the Ballot

By Erin Rode

As California Considers Warning Labels for Gas Stoves, Researchers Learn More About Their Negative Health Impacts

By Victoria St. Martin

More than a year ago, a catastrophic flood submerged the tiny town of Pájaro, about 95 miles south of San Francisco. The Pájaro PhotoVoice Project offered survivors of the disaster the opportunity to use photography to grapple with the impacts of climate change. Credit: Ricardo Paz-Hernandez

After the Deluge, Images of Impacts and Resilience in Pájaro, California

By Liza Gross

Activists with the Richmond-based Rich City Rays gather in front of a tanker carrying liquified natural gas in San Francisco Bay. Credit: Brooke Anderson

Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay

By Liza Gross

Children play basketball beside an oil well pump jack and tank in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Battle to Prioritize Public Health over Oil Company Profits Heats Up

By Liza Gross

A rendering of Silver City Energy Centre, a compressed air energy storage plant to be built by Hydrostor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Credit: Hydrostor

A Major Technology for Long-Duration Energy Storage Is Approaching Its Moment of Truth

By Dan Gearino

Community organizer Andrea Vidaurre won the 2024 Goldman Prize for her role in persuading the California Air Resources Board to pass two historic transportation regulations limiting truck and rail emissions. Credit: Goldman Environmental Prize

California Community Organizer Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize

By Liza Gross

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (third from left) shakes hands with James Wynne from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers after the ribbon cutting for the Ten West Link on April 25. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest

By Noel Lyn Smith

An In-N-Out Burger is closed and tented for termite fumigation on March 13 in Hollywood, Calif. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images

California Leads the Nation in Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant, Study Finds

By Phil McKenna, Liza Gross

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