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Report: The world’s most critical climate target is still within reach
Holding global warming in check requires tripling renewable power, the IEA says.
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How climate change is fueling alcohol-related hospitalizations
A new study in New York found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with temperatures.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court upholds Indigenous rights to reclaim land
The ruling puts up additional road blocks for the mining, logging, and cattle industries.
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Extreme Weather
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It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida.
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Hawaii needs to build hundreds more miles of firebreaks to protect against wildfire
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Extreme heat is linked to higher risk of life-threatening delivery complications for pregnant people
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‘It’s gigantic’: Hurricane Lee heads for New England and Atlantic Canada
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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EVs are a climate solution with a pollution problem: Tire particles
The tiny fragments that tires release into the environment are yet another reason to reduce car use.
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Winter just ended in South America. It’s 110 degrees.
The unseasonal heat in Brazil is bad news for the world's supply of coffee and soybeans.
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Smart thermostats are helping Arizona’s grid ride out extreme heat
Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.
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From Jane to the Octonauts, children’s TV is taking on the climate crisis
Experts say these shows can help parents talk about a thorny subject — and inspire hope.
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The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction
"My novel is going to be coming true for the rest of my life."
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Minnesota judge throws out charges against Line 3 pipeline protesters
Citing a rarely used statute, the court dismissed Line 3 protest charges in the name of climate justice.
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A group of US governors promises to install 20 million heat pumps by 2030
And they want to put at least 40 percent of them in disadvantaged communities.
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Biochar is a ‘shovel-ready’ climate technology, but can it scale up?
The soil soot is a small-scale solution that climate advocates — and corporations — want more of.
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