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Permitting reform is back from the dead. Will lawmakers sacrifice America’s public lands to the fossil fuel industry?

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin questions witnesses about advanced nuclear reactors in November 2023.

Congress takes aim at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: ‘It’s déjà vu all over again’

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

A lump of coal smudged the Democrats’ climate bill

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Multimedia

The A1 Verse: Joe Manchin’s gift of gob

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Special Topics

school child walking down flooded road in Gulf of Mexico

COP 26 highlights an infuriating, depressing, miserable situation. And yet…

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change

Joe Manchin smiling at rally

Joe Manchin listens to WV climate activists. But does he hear them?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change