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![A busy hallway bedecked with flags is filled with students wearing backpacks and masks.]()
![A busy hallway bedecked with flags is filled with students wearing backpacks and masks.]()
Texas board rejects many science textbooks over climate change messaging
The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education last week rejected most of the proposed textbooks that include climate science for eighth grade students. Five of 12 were approved.
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![A wind turbine casts a large shadow over a hillside covered in wildflowers.]()
![A wind turbine casts a large shadow over a hillside covered in wildflowers.]()
China and the US, the world’s biggest polluters, strike a climate deal
The two countries promise to “rise up to one of the greatest challenges of our time for present and future generations of humankind.”
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![Map of United States showing region-specific climate impacts across the country]()
![Map of United States showing region-specific climate impacts across the country]()
How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.
The U.S. government's most comprehensive report on the effects of climate change details challenges for every part of the country.
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![Map of United States showing region-specific climate solutions across the country]()
![Map of United States showing region-specific climate solutions across the country]()
Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.
The National Climate Assessment makes clear we've got a lot of work to do. These cities and states are leading the way.
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New US climate report says land theft and colonization amplify the climate crisis for Indigenous peoples
The report concludes that Indigenous self-determination is a key climate solution — if the federal government can get behind it.
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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
A new study led by James Hansen estimates we'll hit the 1.5 degrees Celsius target earlier than predicted.
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![A brown and white dairy cow with a large tag reading 237 attached to its right ear awaits milking at a dairy farm.]()
![A brown and white dairy cow with a large tag reading 237 attached to its right ear awaits milking at a dairy farm.]()
Why can’t we just quit cows?
Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.
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![A farmworker wears protective layers while harvesting produce in the summer heat]()
![A farmworker wears protective layers while harvesting produce in the summer heat]()
How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
Protecting the people who pick your food is as easy as giving them shade and water.
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The pope leads 1.4 billion Catholics. Getting them to care about the climate is harder than he thought.
Pope Francis is among the most significant religious leaders in the world. But even he can’t bend the emissions curve on his own.
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Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
“We’re asking for something so simple. Something that could save so many lives.”
