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Op-ed: Labor and environmental groups can both win in the clean energy transition. Here’s how.

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Meanwhile, environmentalists and environmental justice organizations tend to view these provisions as slowing the transition, affecting environmental and climate justice goals. The growing rift between union and environmental justice advocates In 2019, New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

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Así es como los sindicatos y los grupos ecologistas pueden salir ganando en la transición energética

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Agents of Change in Environmental Justice · Mokshda Kaul on making the clean energy transition work for all Esta polémica relación ha definido la transición energética. Este ensayo ha sido elaborado gracias a la beca Agents of Change in Environmental Justice. Sin embargo, hay otra forma de mirar las cosas.

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Social media fuels climate misinformation

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Online influencers are driving climate denial worldwide, complicating efforts to curb global warming. Kiley Price reports for Inside Climate News. In short: A Global Witness report found climate misinformation on TikTok proliferated during COP29, with comments denying climate change left largely unchecked.

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Rural water utilities in North Carolina are still reeling from Helene

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The landscape along the creeks and mountainsides has been forever changed. Everyone has had to adjust to these changes and more, even as they’ve dealt with similar problems at home. The document, created in 2017 , explored ways of ensuring the financial stability of water utilities. It’s been that way everywhere.

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Op-ed: Wetland protections remain bogged down in mystery

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Wetlands are environmental heavyweights What we do know is that wetlands are an underrated champion of the environment, the economy and climate mitigation, despite representing less than 6% of land in the contiguous United States. But they sequester a third of the world’s organic ecosystem carbon.

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