Legacy Topic: Sustainability
Oil execs in meetings with pope
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Reema Khrais
Jun 8, 2018
Pope Francis has called the world’s leading oil execs to the Vatican. Meetings are today and tomorrow, and will include leaders from companies like BP and ExxonMobil. They’re gathering to talk about how their businesses can tackle climate change. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
Trump, Perry propose a lifeline for coal and nuclear sectors that critics say is unnecessary and would be harmful
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Scott Tong
Jun 5, 2018
The latest directive would allow the Energy Department to use a complex wartime law in the interest of national security.
West Virginia effort to aid Puerto Rico is caught in Trump’s solar tariffs
by
Glynis Board
Jun 1, 2018
With 2018's hurricane season starting, some families are still recovering from last year's storms.
One year after President Trump walked away from the Paris climate accord, cities rise to the challenge
Jun 1, 2018
Today marks one year since President Donald Trump made good on his threat to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord agreed to under the Obama administration. In response, 17 states and 2,700 mayors and business leaders have pledged to do their part to honor the deal that calls on the nation to […]
McDonald's shareholders consider a switch to paper straws
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Jed Kim
May 24, 2018
Plastic straws could be banned in New York City if a new bill introduced in the city council this week goes through. Similar restrictions are being considered for California. Several cities there have already banned the plastic straw. And both the U.K. and Taiwan have announced plans to eliminate them. Today McDonald’s shareholders are scheduled […]
The EPA is looking to regulate chemicals found in some widely used products
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Scott Tong
May 23, 2018
Environmental groups, dubious of the move by the agency say new regulations could take years to come.
California Energy Commission to vote on solar-required home building
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Reema Khrais
May 9, 2018
The California Energy Commission is expected to vote today on a proposal that would make the state the first in the country to require new homes be built with solar panels. The proposal, which is expected to pass, would go into effect in 2020 and apply to most new residential buildings of up to three stories. […]
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Scientists exit the warm embrace of research for politics
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Jed Kim
May 7, 2018
Many candidates fear the Trump administration is actively stifling science.
The EPA is at the center of a debate over pesticide regulations
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Scott Tong
Apr 23, 2018
Chlorpyrifos has helped protect crops from pests since 1965, but it's also been linked in studies to low-IQ babies and dead fish.
Scientists race toward $7.5 million prize to reduce carbon
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Jed Kim
Apr 12, 2018
The XPRIZE started with 38 teams and is now down to a final 10.