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Apr 2, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Plans to Cut Carbon and Methane Emissions, Offshore Wind, Ohio’s First Agrovoltaic Facility, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover the Biden-Harris administration's plans to cut carbon and methane emissions, a new offshore wind development, the nation's first utility-scale agrovoltaic facility, and the Amazon Protection Program.

Apr 2, 2024
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Good Climate News
Mar 25, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: EPA’s emissions standards, American Climate Corps Applications, Tribal Wins, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover the EPA's new, stricter vehicle emissions standards, American Climate Corps applications, DOE funding for a Tribal solar microgrid, a win for California's Yurok Tribe, and investments in transportation infrastructure.

Mar 25, 2024
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Good Climate News
Mar 18, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: First U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development is Online, Pollution Reduction Plans, a Single-Use Plastic Ban, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover the first commercial offshore wind energy development in the U.S. coming online, plans to tackle transportation emissions and invest in clean energy infrastructure, the protection of 4 million acres in Florida, and a single-use plastic ban in the EU.

Mar 18, 2024
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Good Climate News
Mar 11, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Clean Energy Jobs, Tribal Household Electrification, Virginia’s Green Bank, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover new jobs from President Biden's affordable clean energy plan, Tribal household electrification, Clean Energy Tax Credits, Virginia's new green bank, and a pollution-monitoring satellite to hold Big Oil accountable for their emissions.

Mar 11, 2024
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Good Climate News
Mar 4, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: More Vineyard Wind Turbines Come Online, Investments in Rural Energy, Zero-Emissions Ports, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover new turbines coming online at Massachusetts' Vineyard Wind, and the Biden-Harris administration's investments in public transportation, rural and remote energy, cleaning up Superfund hazardous waste sites, and zero-emissions ports. 

Mar 4, 2024
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Good Climate News
Feb 26, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Federal Funding for Clean Water, Environmental Legislation in Maryland and New Mexico, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we're celebrating. This week we cover federal funding for clean water, new power installations shifting away from fossil fuels, Chicago’s lawsuit against Big Oil, and environmental legislation in Maryland and New Mexico.

Feb 26, 2024
Pueblo style building in New Mexico.
Good Climate News
Feb 16, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: California’s Proposed Fracking Ban, USDA’s Working Lands Climate Corps, Community Solar Initiatives, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering California's proposed fracking ban, the launch of the USDA's Working Lands Climate Corps, offshore wind in Oregon, initiatives for community solar, and North Carolina's plan to conserve forests and wetlands.

Feb 16, 2024
A great blue heron in the marsh in Cedar Point in Carteret County.
Good Climate News
Feb 12, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: EPA’s Soot Rule, Accountability for Big Oil, the EU’s Green Tech Legislation, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering EPA's finalized soot rule, a new tribally-led national monument proposal, bills holding Big Oil accountable, the facility using paper waste to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the EU's new green tech legislation.

Feb 12, 2024
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Good Climate News
Feb 5, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: FEMA’s Climate Funding, Offshore Wind, Water Restoration and the Arts, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering FEMA's expanding climate funding, milestones for offshore wind, water restoration and the arts, and the success of plastic bag bans.

Feb 5, 2024
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Good Climate News
Jan 29, 2024
Good Climate News this Week: Delayed LNG Export Expansion, Pollution-Cutting Rules from EPA, U.S. Postal Service’s First EV Charging Station, and More!

Every Monday, we round up five of the best good climate news stories we’re celebrating. This week we’re covering the Biden administration’s decision to delay LNG export expansion, proposed pollution-cutting rules from the EPA, the U.S. Postal Service’s first electric charging station, and funding for wildfire smoke preparedness.

Jan 29, 2024
Cattails blowing in the wind in front of a beach.
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