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Coal is loaded onto a truck at a mine on Aug. 26, 2019 near Cumberland, Kentucky. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power

By James Bruggers
Chemical plants and factories line the roads and suburbs of the area known as 'Cancer Alley' along the Mississippi River in Louisiana on Oct. 15, 2013. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept

By Kristoffer Tigue, Agya K. Aning, Judy Fahys, Katie Surma
President Joe Biden takes the oath of office during the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy

By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna
U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders, including rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden became the 46th president of the United States earlier today during the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The US Rejoins the Paris Agreement, but Rebuilding Credibility on Climate Action Will Take Time

By Bob Berwyn
Pipe is stacked at the southern site of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 22, 2012 in Cushing, Oklahoma. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Biden Cancels Keystone XL, Halts Drilling in Arctic Refuge on Day One, Signaling a Larger Shift Away From Fossil Fuels

By Nicholas Kusnetz
The capped site of the former Diamond Alkali factory on the Passaic River in Newark, New Jersey, which is part of one of the largest and most expensive cleanup projects in the EPA's Superfund program. The community surrounding the toxic site is primarily lower-income Black and brown residents. Credit: NBC News

Will 2021 Be the Year for Environmental Justice Legislation? States Are Already Leading the Way

By Kristoffer Tigue
Pump jacks operate at dusk near Loco Hills on April 23, 2020 in Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

American Petroleum Institute Chief Promises to Fight Biden and the Democrats on Drilling, Tax Policy

By Nicholas Kusnetz
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) (R-Ky.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) shake hands after Schumer delivered a speech and answered questions at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center Feb. 12, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Even With a 50-50 Split, a Biden Administration Senate Could Make Big Strides on Climate

By Marianne Lavelle
Credit: Mark Harris for NBC News

Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen
Ellington Tardy, 9, enjoys the playground in his Orchard Valley neighborhood Nov. 5, 2020 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Biden Eyes a Conservation Plan, Activists Fear Low-Income Communities and People of Color Could Be Left Out

By Sabrina Shankman
U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees

By James Bruggers, David Hasemyer, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle
"Black towns matter" painted on the street in Barrett, near Fred Barrett’s home. Credit: Spike Johnson

Environmental Justice Leaders Look for a Focus on Disproportionately Impacted Communities of Color

By Evelyn Nieves
Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Vice president Joe Biden campaigns with former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, December 6, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Biden’s Appointment of John Kerry as Climate Envoy Sends a ‘Signal to the World,’ Advocates Say

By Marianne Lavelle
People gather in front of the White House during the Native Nations Rise protest on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Native tribes from around the US gathered for four days of protest against the administration of President Donald Trump and the Dakota A

Biden Has Promised to Kill the Keystone XL Pipeline. Activists Hope He’ll Nix Dakota Access, Too

By Ilana Cohen
President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks about the U.S. economy during a press briefing at the Queen Theater on Nov. 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Is Climate-Related Financial Regulation Coming Under Biden? Wall Street Is Betting on It

By Kristoffer Tigue
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden sits in a Corvette at the North American International Auto Show industry preview on January 16, 2014, in Detroit, Michigan.

Trump Rolled Back 100+ Environmental Rules. Biden May Focus on Undoing Five of the Biggest Ones

By Marianne Lavelle
President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media while flanked by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at the Queen Theater after receiving a briefing from the transition Covid-19 advisory board on Nov. 9, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Joe Raedle/Gett

Inside Clean Energy: Four Things Biden Can Do for Clean Energy Without Congress

By Dan Gearino
Two employees work on pipes carrying liquid CO2 on Sept 8, 2008 at a power station near Berlin, Germany. Credit: Michael Urban/DDP/AFP via Getty Images

For a Climate-Concerned President and a Hostile Senate, One Technology May Provide Common Ground

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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