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December 18, 2019

Record 2019 Precipitation in Midwest Financially Crushed Farmers

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December 18, 2019

Farm State Voters See Soil as a Solution to Agriculture’s Woes

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December 17, 2019

2019 Year in Review: The Times When Fossil Fuel Companies Misled Investors

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December 17, 2019

Environmental Justice in 2019: Impacts and Anniversaries

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December 17, 2019

Three Ways Advocacy Has Enabled Market Forces to Clean up the Power Grid

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December 17, 2019

Another Attack on Endangered Species Escalates Need for New Legislation

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December 17, 2019

EPA Tried to Allow Dirtier Trucks Without Studying Whether That Would Be Bad for Health

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December 17, 2019

FERC’s Move to Defend Competition Actually Hurts Competition

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December 17, 2019

Activism and Action in 2019, a Banner Year for Environmental Justice

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December 17, 2019

The Transportation and Climate Initiative, Explained

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December 16, 2019

Highlights, Firsts and Worsts of Hurricane Season 2019 and the Future of Hurricanes

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December 16, 2019

State and Federal Action on Environmental Justice in 2019: A Year of Milestones

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Lessons from California in 2019: The Challenges of Adapting to Climate Change

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December 13, 2019

How States Can Make Energy Storage Work for Communities

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December 12, 2019

It’s Going to Take More than EV Promises from Car Companies to Limit Climate Change Damage

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December 12, 2019

Renewables and Storage Could Revolutionize our Electric Power System

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December 12, 2019

La energía solar es cada vez más eficiente, menos costosa y más resiliente

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December 11, 2019

Electric Companies Like Entergy Are Using Affiliate Transactions to Block Renewable Energy, Here’s How

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December 11, 2019

Ask a Scientist: How to Ensure Underserved Communities Benefit from Energy Storage

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December 10, 2019

Congress Misses the Mark on PFAS in the NDAA

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December 10, 2019

Michigan Should Reject DTE’s Integrated Resource Plan, Here’s Why

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December 9, 2019

Have I got a Deal for you! Let’s get this STARTed.

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December 9, 2019

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December 9, 2019

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