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The amendments would allow the Republican-led legislature to determine where non-designated grants go. IRA funds could be affected.

Environmental groups in Wisconsin are urging voters to reject two proposed amendments to the state constitution in the upcoming Aug. 13 primary. The measures, if approved, would remove the governor from the process of allocating certain federal funds and instead place control in the hands of the legislature. Members of Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature proposed the amendments in an attempt to rein in what they see as a series of oversteps by the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers.

Wisconsin Environmentalists Campaign Against Amendments Altering Federal Grant Allocation

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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States.

No project better embodies the nation’s wild swings in climate and energy policy than the Keystone XL pipeline.

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?

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Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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A team including scientists, Indigenous people and conservationists point to the ecosystem connecting Yellowstone and the Yukon as an example of a region where humans and nature are flourishing together.

Governments cannot reach their climate goals without rethinking humanity’s relationship to the Earth.

Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says

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Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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A new Swedish study focuses on very high levels of PFAS exposure in drinking water.

Exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood asthma, according to new research from Sweden.

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

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