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![People on a beach in Seattle are seen in silhouette as the sun sets over the mountains in the background.]()
![People on a beach in Seattle are seen in silhouette as the sun sets over the mountains in the background.]()
Pacific Northwest heat wave breaks records for May
Temperatures reached 93 degrees in some cities, more than 20 degrees above normal.
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![smokestacks billowing smoke]()
![smokestacks billowing smoke]()
Is carbon capture viable? In a new rule, the EPA is asking power plants to prove it.
“The EPA is calling the bluff on the power industry.”
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![A large metal structure, known as a pumpjack, swings its mechanical arm to the earth for oil production.]()
![A large metal structure, known as a pumpjack, swings its mechanical arm to the earth for oil production.]()
Lawsuit: Oil and gas pollution violates New Mexico’s constitution
"Schools are surrounded by oil and gas wells and fracking sites."
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![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
Wildfires have burned nearly 1 million acres in western Canada
The flames are fueled by the same weather phenomenon that caused the 2019 bushfires in Australia.
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![A massive Category 5 hurricane is shown on a satellite image to move towards Florida.]()
![A massive Category 5 hurricane is shown on a satellite image to move towards Florida.]()
Major hurricanes expected to increase in 2023, researchers forecast
This hurricane season could be similar to 2017, the year of Harvey and Maria.
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![extreme heat wave New Delhi, India]()
![extreme heat wave New Delhi, India]()
Deadly heat threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1 billion people in India
Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country's development goals and slow economic growth, new research shows.
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![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
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![Smog hanging over LA skyline in 2020]()
![Smog hanging over LA skyline in 2020]()
1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air, new report says
The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires, drought, and inequality threaten progress.
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![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’
How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.
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![Damaged trees against mountains]()
![Damaged trees against mountains]()
The future of US forests — a major carbon sink — is ‘highly uncertain’
A new study highlights the risks of using forest-based carbon offsets to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.
