Gothenburg fined for missing an environmental target – was one of the first local governments in the world to take out a "sustainability linked loan"
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Wyoming pays $150,000 to settle lawsuit over botched prosecution of hemp farmers
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Five of six Greenlandic political parties support reconsidering fossil fuel ban, with only Inuit Ataqatigiit maintaining strong opposition
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For decades, the Swiss city of Basel has been transforming its skyline, and now boasts some of the greenest rooftops in Europe
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The Japanese mayor who built a floodgate no one wanted — and saved his town from a massive tsunami after his death
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Some residents say they were in the dark as Los Angeles fires spread with no evacuation order
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Eighteen months after Maui wildfires destroyed over 2,000 homes, only three have been rebuilt
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California fire facts
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In 2023 the Danish city of Aarhus launched a three-year trial project to curb the number of disposable coffee cups – more than 700,000 were returned last year
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Oslo leads in quiet, low-emission electric construction – drop in decibels is welcome side-effect of goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions
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Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
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California will require insurance companies to offer coverage in wildfire zones
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In a first, Arizona’s attorney general sues an industrial farm over its water use
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Costs from hurricane Helene more than $53 billion in North Carolina. Currently available funding is significantly less than that.
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Oregon, USA introduces new statewide recycling rules to combat plastic waste
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More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products
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Geothermal power in the North Bay
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Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida with 155 MPH winds
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‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores
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How cities run dry
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Texas is close to adopting new oil and gas waste rules, first in decades
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US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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US Supreme Court rejects states agreement over Rio grande water distribution
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Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress.
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Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
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Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota
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Arizona governor signs bill approving human composting burials
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Donald Trump 2.0
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San Francisco city leaders look to bring back emergency sirens by end of 2024
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Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects
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California, USA must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says
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Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups
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One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water
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A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?
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Why a 100-year supply? How Arizona got its famous, yet arbitrarily numbered groundwater rule.
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NYC budget cuts will close some composting programs
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Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland
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New York residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”
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Curbside trash is a problem in NYC. Officials have a not-so-novel fix: plastic bins
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The remote Danish island of Bornholm has pledged to eliminate trash by 2032. How will it get there?
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China says it wants to bolster climate cooperation with US as California Gov. Gavin Newsom visits Beijing
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Stockholm has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise
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Vermont utility plans to end outages by giving customers batteries
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California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
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US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
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New Orleans officials seek to build a freshwater pipeline as saltwater wedge inches closer
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‘We felt so betrayed’: Indigenous tribe continues activism after decision excluding Morro Bay from US marine sanctuary
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit Saturday against five major oil companies and their subsidiaries over climate change
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