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Environment
For you, it's a tax on a hotel stay. For Florida, it's money to clean up a large lagoon.
by
Renata Sago
Sep 27, 2018
The state rakes in a pretty penny on overnight hotel stays, and how that money should be spent has been a contentious issue lately.
Here’s how the EPA might be different under Andrew Wheeler
by
Scott Tong
Jul 30, 2018
The acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be approaching his job differently than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt, at least in the early going. Andrew Wheeler is likely to still advance President Donald Trump’s push to dispense of industry regulations, but observers say he’s doing it in a more careful way compared to […]
Ten years later, what we learned from WALL-E
by
Molly Wood
, Danielle Chiriguayo
and Janet Nguyen
Jul 16, 2018
“It's a wicked satire of American consumerism and of environmental degradation, but it also has this cheerful little character," according to sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson.
How storm chasers turn tornadoes into tourist attractions
Jun 28, 2018
A growing industry is offering a front row seat to extreme weather.
Critics fear EPA changes will give big industry more sway over science
by
Scott Tong
Mar 29, 2018
Under the new policy, academic study authors will have to share their raw data, leaving it vulnerable to distortion, some worry.
China is drowning in a sea of cardboard — so is the U.S.
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
, Jennifer Pak
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 26, 2018
Online shopping comes with a lot of packaging, and that packaging is becoming a problem.
Entrepreneurs starting to see opportunities in other people's food scraps
Feb 12, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to keep food waste out of landfills. One entrepreneur in rural New Hampshire is pinning her business to that goal.
For public good, not for profit.
Unusual freezing weather means extra costs for Southern states
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 4, 2018
A powerful winter storm — or bomb cyclone — is expected to engulf the East Coast today, dumping feet of snow in New England and carrying winds up to 50 miles an hour. But it’s not just the usual suspects in the Northeast who are feeling the effects of this winter weather — Southern states […]
How the Jones Act complicates offshore wind power
by
Jed Kim
Nov 23, 2017
Specialized European ships are designed specifically to install wind turbines out in the ocean, but they can’t dock in any U.S. waters to get the parts for the turbines. That’s due to the Jones Act, and it makes installing offshore wind power more expensive for the foreseeable future. Click the audio player above to hear […]
New leaders want to add their states to carbon trading program
by
Jed Kim
Nov 9, 2017
As the United Nations climate change talks continue in Germany, the U.S. could see an increase in commitments to the cause — from states, not federal programs. The governors-elect of Virginia and New Jersey want to add their states to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The cap-and-trade program includes nine states already, and the addition […]