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"As climate change fuels more intense storms, Deltec and other companies build hurricane-proof homes".

"Even small communities like Newburgh, N.Y., need major federal funds to protect children from what the president calls ‘a clear and present danger’ "

"A group of scientists urged the Biden administration Thursday to restore legal protections for gray wolves, saying their removal earlier this year was premature and that states are allowing too many of the animals to be killed."

"Records show that some people who are paid $1,000 a head by the government to give legally protected mustangs “good homes” are sending the horses to auction once they get the money."

Some of the money customers pay electric utilities goes to support lobbying that may not be in the public interest.

"President Joe Biden should take major steps to fulfill his environmental justice pledge and avoid the types of incremental initiatives that will lead to little progress, a White House advisory council said Thursday."

"In states like Kansas, energy companies want to impose charges on people who produce their own power with rooftop arrays".

"Chemical giants DuPont and Daikin knew the dangers of a PFAS compound widely used in food packaging since 2010, but hid them from the public and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), company studies obtained by the Guardian reveal."

"Improved agricultural practices and widespread irrigation may stave off another agricultural calamity in the Great Plains. But scientists are now warning that two inescapable realities — rising temperatures and worsening drought — could still spawn a modern-day Dust Bowl."