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How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
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Updated October 17, 2023 at 5:02 AM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — In the late 1960s, natural gas utilities launched “Operation Attack,” a bold marketing campaign to bring lots more gas… Read More
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6 big purchases that can save energy and money at home (plus budget-friendly options)
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Driving a car, making dinner, heating water and turning on the air conditioner — our everyday actions emit some of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate… Read More
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Republicans get a louder voice on climate change as they take over the House
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WASHINGTON D.C. (NPR) – As Republicans prepare to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next week, the highlights of their approach to climate change and energy issues can… Read More
![Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Sens. Ed Markey (left) and Martin Heinrich, discusses legislation in April to reimpose regulations to reduce methane pollution from oil and gas wells.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ap21118530317655-d6a166bb11ab2eb70f6139e79bdbe5377178674c-scaled-e1624638298314-900x422.jpg)
Congress Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions
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The Trump administration rolled back the regulations last year, a move that was so controversial even some oil companies opposed it. Methane is an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
![Pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M., in 2015. The Trump administration is lifting an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ap_19241418328987-bd702dca2a0a5fd290364396a00e091c16e91cb2-scaled-e1597418689850-900x422.jpg)
Trump’s Methane Rollback That Big Oil Doesn’t Want
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The rule ends Obama-era restrictions on emissions of methane, a potent climate-warming gas. The move could make it harder to argue that natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel than coal.
![On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon planted a tree on the South Lawn at the White House.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2048px-nixons_plant_a_tree_c6311-11a-d70b9655d6fb1d2c948f0d5b25c46d40f663fef9-e1587576006667-900x422.jpg)
Earth Day At 50: Climate Activists Go Digital Amid Pandemic Shutdown
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Climate change activists had planned three days of protests and other events for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. But with the coronavirus pandemic, they will be virtual.
![Bob Murray at the St. Clairsville, Ohio, headquarters of Murray Energy, which has declared bankruptcy. The coal executive pushed the Trump administration to roll back environmental regulations.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_6241-3d8e83eb3a5562194b6dbf8cddb3ba07208904c6-e1573144167419-900x422.jpg)
Despite Bankruptcy And Illness, Bob Murray Remains A Loud Voice For Coal
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Bob Murray rose from coal miner to executive and became an influential industry voice. Despite his role in crafting the Trump administration’s pro-coal policies, his own company is bankrupt.
![The Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant in Glenrock, Wyo. The Trump administration is replacing one of President Obama's signature climate plans with a weaker version that could let some coal plants stay open longer.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ap_19087671451873-32b5b4e6a6dec8023e179289ff15be3490b75f70-e1560960397139-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Weakens Climate Plan To Help Coal Plants Stay Open
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The Trump administration is replacing one of President Obama’s signature plans to address climate change. It could help some coal-fired power plants, but likely won’t slow the industry’s decline.
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This Company Says The Future Of Nuclear Energy Is Smaller, Cheaper And Safer
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An Oregon company plans a new kind of nuclear power plant that many consider the future of the industry. It’s smaller and cheaper and could work well with renewable energy.
![Once it is safe to remove the spent fuel from the pool, it's stored outside in white, metal casks. They are lined up on a concrete base behind razor wire, against a hillside near the power plant.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/021919_peachb_ols37-edit-fb26b8641dddfa910ac8bedb1649a3f99417a513-e1556634484902-900x422.jpg)
As Nuclear Waste Piles Up, Private Companies Pitch New Ways To Store It
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Nuclear power plants around the country are running out of room to store spent fuel. Federal plans for a permanent disposal site are stalled, so private companies are pitching their own solutions.
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Skipping School To Protest Climate Change
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Students around the country are skipping class Friday to protest inaction on climate change. It’s part of a wave of pressure by young people as Democrats struggle to agree on a climate policy.
![President Trump is pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal-fired power plant at its Paradise Fossil Plant in Kentucky.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ap_194342048595-6c6a177ae22523ea2c2d37ba9f58e060007a7be6-e1550077953311-900x422.jpg)
President Trump And Allies Push To Save A Very Specific Coal Plant
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President Trump and other Republicans are pressuring the Tennessee Valley Authority not to close a coal plant in Kentucky. A major Trump backer supplies the plant with most of its coal.
![Frank Ruopoli of Charleston, S.C., works at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. After the 2013 partial shutdown he earned an emergency medical technician certification. Now he's found a part-time job to earn money during this shutdown.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/frankruopoli011519-38a0127d1d6d83814244eaa2664b18eaf27e2460-e1547656114215-900x422.jpg)
Federal Employees Moonlight To Pay The Bills
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As the partial government shutdown continues, some federal workers and contractors are looking for temporary jobs to earn income.
![Horsham, Pa., is one of many towns around the country grappling with potentially harmful chemicals in its water. They're known as PFAS, and they're linked to cancer and other illnesses.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ap_18222604883108-9ef16fbbf677d9b9853b7c4720e6b1a685932e0c-e1538512907904-900x422.jpg)
Decades Old Chemicals, New Angst Over Drinking Water
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Around the country, communities are learning their drinking water is polluted with a potentially harmful group of chemicals. The Trump Administration is working on a plan to manage them.