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Nuts and dried fruit items at a grocery store.

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She tried to avoid plastic while grocery shopping for a week. Here's how it went

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

July 02, 2022
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  • Martha Bebinger
Nuts and dried fruit items at a grocery store.

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  • Health

She tried to avoid plastic while grocery shopping for a week. Here's how it went

Worried about the proliferation of plastic trash in the environment and her own body, a journalist tried to shop plastic-free for 7 days. She found plastic in a lot of sneaky and surprising places.

July 02, 2022
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas.

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  • National

A Biden administration offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales

The proposal brought immediate backlash from environmentalists who accused Biden of betraying the climate cause, while oil industry officials said it would do little to counter high energy prices.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A man wears a face mark as he fishes near docked oil drilling platforms, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Port Aransas, Texas.

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  • National

A Biden administration offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales

The proposal brought immediate backlash from environmentalists who accused Biden of betraying the climate cause, while oil industry officials said it would do little to counter high energy prices.

July 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for the agency.

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  • Environment

The EPA prepares for its 'counterpunch' after the Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the EPA will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to its administrator.

July 01, 2022
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  • Juana Summers,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 1 more
EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the Supreme Court's ruling is a setback for the agency.

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  • Environment

The EPA prepares for its 'counterpunch' after the Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the EPA will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to its administrator.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • and 1 more
Shoppers drink juice in plastic cups at a market in New Delhi, on Wednesday. India banned some single-use or disposable plastic products Friday as part of a longer plan to phase out the ubiquitous material in the nation of nearly 1.4 billion.

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  • World

India begins to ban single-use plastics including cups and straws

Other items like water or soda bottles or snack bags aren't banned yet. But the government has set targets for manufacturers to be responsible for recycling or disposing of them after their use.

July 01, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Toni Okamoto started Plant-Based on a Budget to show people how affordable plant-based eating can be.

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  • Health

Nonwhite Americans are eating less meat. Vegan activists of color explain why

The increase in nonwhite Americans identifying as vegetarian and eating less meat is part of the longstanding work of vegan activists of color to make plant-based eating more accessible.

July 01, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
Viktor Radushinskiy, a member of Ukraine's forestry department in Zhytomyr, looks at a site in the northern Ukrainian woods where a fighter jet crashed.

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  • World

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

July 01, 2022
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  • Nathan Rott,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Viktor Radushinskiy, a member of Ukraine's forestry department in Zhytomyr, looks at a site in the northern Ukrainian woods where a fighter jet crashed.

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  • World

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Plant Bowen in Bartow County

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  • Energy

Georgia’s coal-fired plant closings likely to go on despite Supreme Court EPA ruling

The West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency opinion was a victory for Georgia and 18 other Republican-led states as it limits Democratic President Joe Biden’s ability to pursue his climate goals. 

July 01, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The U.S. Supreme Court curbed the EPA's ability to fight climate change.

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  • Law

Supreme Court restricts the EPA's authority to mandate carbon emissions reductions

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to mandate carbon emissions from existing power plants.

June 30, 2022
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  • Nina Totenberg
In this July 27, 2018 photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.

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  • National

With time ticking for climate action, Supreme Court limits ways to curb emissions

The U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in a key environmental case, WV v. EPA, says the federal agency lacks authority to use greenhouse gas emissions caps to force fossil fuel power plants out of business.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff and
  • Nathan Rott
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change.

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  • Energy

Nuclear power is gaining support after years of decline. But old hurdles remain

Investment from the government and private sector are changing the trajectory of the aging U.S. nuclear fleet and spurring development of new nuclear technology.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
Working Dogs for Conservation trainer Michele Vasquez clips a vest onto Charlie, a Labrador retriever, to let him know he's working. Dogs like Charlie will help sniff out chronic wasting disease in deer and elk scat. They will also help find mink and otter droppings that can be tested for toxic substances near illegal dumpsites.

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  • Animals

Dogs are sniffing out disease in animals vital to traditions of the Blackfeet tribe

Montana's Blackfeet Nation is experimenting with a new way to detect chronic wasting disease in animals and toxic substances in plants used by tribal members for food and cultural practices.

June 29, 2022
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  • Aaron Bolton
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