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Community planners in Virginia say $4.6 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funds could be used to switch to electric vehicles, power homes with renewable energy and invest in public transit. Fossil fuel companies worry that the state is abandoning its “all of the above” energy strategy.

Virginia is seeking millions of dollars in federal funds this month for state and local government programs to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases. The state outlined its most urgent emissions-reduction strategies in a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March and must file its funding request by Monday.

Virginia Seeks Millions of Dollars in Federal Funds Aimed at Reducing Pollution and Electrifying Transportation and Buildings

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As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

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The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in the Ventura County area.

With a Southern California wildfire only growing in size, firefighters in Ventura County have increased response efforts near a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing site.

As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

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The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

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Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

A nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could be resized to accommodate its passage.

The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

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A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

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A new U.N. resolution reinforces a landmark court opinion tying fossil fuel use to human rights abuses and legal responsibility for climate change.

A climate justice seed planted by young Pacific Island students in 2019, as mass participation in climate demonstrations peaked in the millions, is starting to reshape international law around the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

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