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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows
Rising global temperatures drove the shift in weather extremes.
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![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
Chicago neighborhood groups sue US Army Corps of Engineers over expansion of a polluted dump
“Our community is fighting back and saying ‘no more.’”
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Imagine 2200: Submissions are now open for our climate fiction contest
Submissions are now open for the 2023/2024 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.
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![Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska.]()
![Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska.]()
Biden approves Willow oil project in Alaska despite campaign pledge
The administration approved the controversial ConocoPhillips venture while also limiting future drilling in other parts of Alaska.
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A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
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A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
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There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
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Auckland drenched by New Zealand’s wettest month on record
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Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought
Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.”
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![An image taken from the air of rolling green forests interrupted by swathes of brown, dying trees.]()
![An image taken from the air of rolling green forests interrupted by swathes of brown, dying trees.]()
In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
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![A lone, skinny pine tree sways on the banks of a stream in the middle of a prairie.]()
![A lone, skinny pine tree sways on the banks of a stream in the middle of a prairie.]()
Fighting drought, potato farmers in northern Minnesota overdrew their water permits by tens of millions of gallons
The farmers likely face few consequences because of laws that one regulator says are inadequate.
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![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
Ohio politicians found guilty in $60 million utilities bribery scandal
“You don't have to look far to see that the FirstEnergy scandal is part of a broader trend.”
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The fight to define ‘green hydrogen’ could determine America’s emissions future
The Treasury Department's definition will affect billions of dollars in federal subsidies for the nascent industry.
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![A construction worker builds the cinder block foundation for a new home]()
![A construction worker builds the cinder block foundation for a new home]()
How a small business in Arizona is helping decarbonize concrete
The pioneering project cuts cement from the recipe and replaces it with industrial waste and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere.
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![A photo of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia.]()
![A photo of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia.]()
How Washington raised $300 million for climate action from polluters
The state's first "cap-and-invest" auction nearly doubled the price of carbon recently sold in California.
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![A wastewater treatment plant which consists of a domed building next to a rectangular pool of water.]()
![A wastewater treatment plant which consists of a domed building next to a rectangular pool of water.]()
An unexpected source of methane? Your local sewage plant.
A new study says the plants emit twice as much methane as previously thought.
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