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Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability

New litigation from state AG offices raises the stakes in court battles focused on fighting greenwashing and misleading claims about recycling.

By James Bruggers

First-in-the-Nation Geothermal Heating and Cooling System Comes to Massachusetts

By Phil McKenna

Homes throughout Barre, Vermont were inundated with flash flooding on July 11, 2023 after heavy rains across the state. Credit: John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Q&A: New Legislation in Vermont Will Make Fossil Fuel Companies Liable for Climate Impacts in the State. Here’s What That Could Look Like

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: Spring

Text and photos by David Sassoon

The Race to Decarbonize Heavy Industry Heats Up

By Phil McKenna

Heavy rain and flooding hits downtown Montpelier, Vermont on July 11, 2023. Credit: John Tully/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Vermont Legislature Considers ‘Superfund’ Legislation to Compensate for Climate Change

By Olivia Gieger

Across the US, Awe Unites During the Darkness of a Total Solar Eclipse

By Lee Hedgepeth, Erin Schulte, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross, Phil McKenna

With States Leading on Climate Policy, New Tools Peer Into Lobbying ‘Black Box’

By Marianne Lavelle

Joseph Lieberman Sought Middle Ground on Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: The End of Winter

Text and photos by David Sassoon

MIT’s Sloan School Launches Ambitious Climate Center to Aid Policymakers

By Phil McKenna

A Beached Whale Has Reignited the Fight Between Conservationists and Maine’s Lobster Industry

By Kiley Price

Department of Energy Partners With States and Research Institutes to Boost Offshore Wind Development

By Aman Azhar

Sen. Joe Manchin waits to be introduced during an event at Saint Anselm College on Jan. 12, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Credit: Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Q&A: What a Joe Manchin Presidential Run Could Mean for the 2024 Election—and the Climate

Interview by Paloma Beltran and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to reporters following a campaign event on Jan. 11 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Q&A: In New Hampshire, Nikki Haley Touts Her Role as UN Ambassador in Pulling the US Out of the Paris Climate Accord

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Massachusetts Just Took a Big Step Away from Natural Gas. Which States Might Follow?

By Dan Gearino

A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Autumn

Text and photos by David Sassoon

Seth Berry, left, an author of the Pine Tree Power proposal and a former Democratic state representative, answers questions from potential voters at a gathering of climate activists at a home in Winslow, Maine, in August. Credit: Annie Ropeik

Mainers See Climate Promise in Ballot Initiative to Create a Statewide Nonprofit Electric Utility

By Annie Ropeik

Some large lobsters are still around. Josiah Mayo stands on board Mike Packard’s F/V J&J with a nine-pound lobster in a photo taken two weeks ago. Credit: Mike Packard/Provincetown Independent.

Lobstermen Face Hypoxia in Outer Cape Waters

By Georgia Hall, Provincetown Independent

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