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Parts of the world have already grown too hot for human survival
Even more areas will face such conditions as the planet continues to warm from fossil fuel combustion.
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Mobile homes could be a climate solution. So why don’t they get more respect?
We like to denigrate manufactured housing, but new units are better for the environment.
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Environmentalists sue Utah for failing to protect the shrinking Great Salt Lake
Researchers warn that the lake may disappear in five years if water loss continues at current rates.
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![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
![Two people are seen in a vast tract of Amazon rainforest that has been cleared of trees.]()
Amazon deforestation continues to plummet
“This shows how an election can change the fate of the Amazon.”
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This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum
An increasing number of high schools are offering class credit for climate action.
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![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
![A caribou herd roams across the tundra in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.]()
Biden bars oil drilling across a wide swath of Alaska’s Arctic
The moves would cancel Trump-era oil leases in ANWR and protect millions of acres on the North Slope from drilling.
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![A person kneels beneath a tree as the sun dips below the horizon after a hot day in Missouri.]()
The planet just sizzled through the hottest summer on record
Scientists have long warned that scorching summers — marked by heat waves, freak storms, and drought — could become the norm.
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![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
![Environmental activists march through a preserved forest near Atlanta, Georgia, that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, on March 4, 2023.]()
How Georgia’s organized crime law swept up dozens of nonviolent ‘Cop City’ activists
Despite the serious charges, most of the allegations in the indictment involve nonviolent activities like distributing flyers.
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Burning Man’s climate reckoning has begun
Protesters highlighted the festival’s carbon footprint, but the biggest issue may be Burning Man’s opposition to renewable energy in its own backyard.
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After a year and a half, negotiators finally have a draft of the global plastics treaty
Environmental groups welcomed the treaty's first draft, published on Monday.
