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Extreme heat will cost the US $1 billion in health care costs — this summer alone
High temperatures could lead to 235,000 ER visits and 56,000 hospital admissions for heat-related conditions annually.
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![Ralph Regenvanu welcomes former United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres]()
![Ralph Regenvanu welcomes former United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres]()
How a small island nation is taking climate change to the world’s highest court
In an exclusive interview, Vanuatu’s climate minister Ralph Regenvanu discusses the country’s leadership on climate reparations and accountability.
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![A road cuts through the Amazon rainforest]()
Tropical forest loss sped up in 2022, despite global pledge to halt deforestation
A new analysis shows the world lost 10 million acres of tropical forest last year — an area the size of Switzerland.
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More Indigenous and local communities are getting land back
Here’s why that’s important for the environment.
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Lab-grown meat is now approved for sale in the US. Will it help the climate?
Cultivated meat has been touted as a salve for global warming.
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![A coal miner in blue coveralls and a helmet works underground in a cramped space illuminated only by his headlamp.]()
![A coal miner in blue coveralls and a helmet works underground in a cramped space illuminated only by his headlamp.]()
A rule that could help save coal miners’ lives is mired in red tape
Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of an epidemic of black lung. They’re still waiting.
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![A row of yellow school buses drive down a street with exhaust coming from one of them.]()
![A row of yellow school buses drive down a street with exhaust coming from one of them.]()
How much would US air quality improve if it shifted to EVs?
Air pollution will plummet as EVs and renewables are adopted, showcasing the public-health benefits of moving away from fossil fuels.
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![A man unrolls a rope attached to a metal cylinder in the ground.]()
Texas farmers are worried one of the state’s most precious water resources is running dry. You should be, too.
The Ogallala Aquifer serves farming communities in multiple states. When it runs dry, the agriculture industry in Texas and the nation is in jeopardy.
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New EPA rules tell polluters in Great Lakes communities to clean up legacy coal waste
One advocate calls the coal ash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb."
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Supreme Court leaves Navajo Nation high and dry
“The burden now is on tribal nations to advocate for themselves and intervene whenever water rights are an issue.”
