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Doctors call on the health sector to take action on climate change
Doctors say climate change is deadlier than we thought. But the health sector can play a big role in changing that.
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The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water
More than any other region on Earth, the oceans hold the answers for our planet's future. And right now, their health is spectacularly failing.
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Gavin Newsom talks tough (with pie charts!) about California’s climate goals
Gavin Newsom says California towns must allow new construction near transit or face his wonky wrath.
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PG&E’s bankruptcy will slow California’s climate efforts
Climate change is bad for PG&E, but PG&E is kinda good for the climate.
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Only you (and a bunch of goats) can prevent forest fires
Move over, rakes. The goats are headed for California's excess brush and they're hungry.
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Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.
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California’s Camp Fire was the most expensive natural disaster worldwide in 2018
The state’s deadliest fire ever was also the world’s costliest catastrophe in 2018.
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Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport
A road through a national refuge in Alaska is meant to be for medical evacuations. But a little-known loophole lets it move fish, not just patients.
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Ocean temps rising faster than scientists thought: Report
Scientists say the rate of ocean warming has led to more rain, increased sea levels, coral reef destruction and declining ocean oxygen levels.
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Texas scientists want to school Governor Greg Abbott on climate
Nearly 30 scholars hope to help the climate-denying head of their state see the light.