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Study: Climate change is making 58% of infectious diseases worse
From West Nile to asthma, climate change is aggravating illnesses and hindering our ability to fight them.
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![Photo of mountaintop removal mine site with photo of flooded street in Kentucky layered on top]()
How coal mining increased East Kentucky’s flood risk
Coal mining destroyed Appalachia's mountaintops. Then came the floodwaters.
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![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
![In Kotlik, Alaska, pictured here, many houses and other buildings hang precipitously over the water as the ground beneath them washes away.]()
These communities are trapped in harm’s way as climate disasters mount
They're stuck on the front lines and need help relocating — but the U.S. government isn’t prepared.
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![Senator Chuck Schumer holding a piece of paper in one hand with the other hand raised in a fist, a smile on his face; cloudy sky behind him]()
US Senate passes historic climate bill
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes $369 billion for energy security and clean energy.
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![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
![Collage: an eye surrounded by silhouettes of falling birds, street lamps, rectangular cutouts of night sky, and a window with a curtain silhouette made of night sky; drawn star graphics on top]()
In defense of darkness
Artificial light is polluting the night sky. What do we stand to lose?
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200 million acres of forest cover have been lost since 1960
“Unprecedented” logging, mining, and agricultural expansion are razing forests faster than they can replenish, report finds.
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![Collage: a hand surrounded by water droplets, wet leaves, cutouts of ponds, mosquitoes, and a can of bug spray]()
Humidity, the mosquito, and me
Mosquitoes and I cherish the same thing when it comes to our ideal summer weather: mugginess.
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In exchange for climate legislation, Joe Manchin was promised a pipeline. Will he get it?
The agreement might not solve the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s biggest problem: compliance with environmental law.
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New report quantifies the costs of buying a home that has previously flooded
Buying a property that has a history of flooding can cost you tens of thousands of dollars.
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![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
From warbling loons to chirping toads, rising temperatures threaten some of the Earth’s most iconic sounds.
