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EPA yesterday gave power plant owners more leniency to dump coal ash into unlined ponds, drawing a promise of litigation from environmentalists who claim the rule lets heavy metals leach into groundwater.
In the new year, the first offshore wind farm in the United States will shut off its turbines, and its customers on nearby Block Island in Rhode Island will revert to diesel generation.
By Heather Richards and Arianna Skibell in Energywire
Climate change is creating American ghost towns with a regularity not seen since the 19th century, when boomtowns sprouted and died. Here are five towns that died (or are dying) from climate-related disasters.
By Daniel Cusick in Climatewire
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In the new year, the first offshore wind farm in the United States will shut off its turbines, and its customers on nearby Block Island in Rhode Island will revert to diesel generation.
By Heather Richards and Arianna Skibell in Energywire
Climate change is creating American ghost towns with a regularity not seen since the 19th century, when boomtowns sprouted and died. Here are five towns that died (or are dying) from climate-related disasters.
By Daniel Cusick in Climatewire