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The past 8 years were the hottest in recorded history
A new report also names 2022 as the fifth-warmest, despite the cooling effects of La Niña
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What the House speaker’s deal with ultraconservatives means for climate
“Kevin McCarthy has ceded his speakership and control of the House Republican agenda to the most extreme fringe faction of his party."
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Methane’s life, death, and secret second life
Meet the Frankenstein of greenhouse gases.
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![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
US emissions rose in 2022. Here’s why that’s not as bad as it sounds.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
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![a person rides a horse against the backdrop of hills covered in wildflowers with cattle in the background]()
![a person rides a horse against the backdrop of hills covered in wildflowers with cattle in the background]()
30×30 is conservation’s flashy new goal. Now countries need to figure out what it actually means.
The new global target aims to protect 30 percent of land and waters. But is it a powerful goal or an empty slogan?
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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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![Smoke billows from smoke stacks at coal burning power plant.]()
EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
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![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese: "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and no grain railway."]()
![Kayapo Indigenous protesters block highway BR-163 in Brazil with a banner that reads in Portuguese: "Defending the Amazon. Without listening to Indigenous people, there will be no concession and no grain railway."]()
Indigenous territories in the Brazilian Amazon effectively protect forests. Why is deforestation increasing?
Even with strict regulations, protected areas lost forest to weakened environmental policies under the Bolsonaro regime.
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![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
![Smoke billows from Guayanilla Petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico.]()
5 climate questions for 2023
Alleged criminal conspiracies, water wars, quake-safe energy, and deforestation are among the biggest climate topics in the coming year.
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![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's broader water crisis.
