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Climate change primed LA to burn — catastrophically
A new analysis finds that human-caused warming helped dry out the vegetation that turned Los Angeles into a firestorm.
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![President Donald Trump shakes hands with California Governor Gavin Newsom upon his arrival in Los Angeles to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires.]()
![President Donald Trump shakes hands with California Governor Gavin Newsom upon his arrival in Los Angeles to visit the region devastated by the Palisades and Eaton fires.]()
Trump says he’s sending water to LA. It’s actually going to megafarms.
The president’s executive orders on California water will help irrigate Central Valley farms. They won’t do anything to fight wildfires.
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Moving from climate doomerism to optimism through humor
How organizations like NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) are using comedy to keep environmental issues top of mind.
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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
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Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record hot streak
A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years — and pinpoints why.
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Trump is just getting started. What are climate activists supposed to do?
Organizers say they will remain peaceful, but nothing is off the table.
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, a new report shows.
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A UK energy company received $762M in ‘green loans’ despite years of pollution violations in the South
Drax’s facilities in Mississippi have been fined millions of dollars for violating state pollution loans.
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What Trump’s executive action could do to offshore wind
A simple legal strategy could spell the end of the fledging industry, which had been poised for renewal. But it may also backfire.
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As climate change supercharges disease, Trump pulls US from World Health Organization
The move, and a temporary gag order on public health agencies, puts the country in a dangerous position.
