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![Two women walk along in front of the clock tower Big Ben with an umbrella as a sunshade.]()
![Two women walk along in front of the clock tower Big Ben with an umbrella as a sunshade.]()
UK is no longer a cold country and must adapt to heat, say climate scientists
Experts call on U.K. officials to prepare for periods of extreme heat or risk thousands of excess deaths.
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![Andrew Klooster of Earthworks uses a forward looking infrared camera to observe hydrocarbon emissions from oil and gas equipment.]()
![Andrew Klooster of Earthworks uses a forward looking infrared camera to observe hydrocarbon emissions from oil and gas equipment.]()
Sporadic monitoring in California oil country adds to air pollution concerns
A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say.
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![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
![Fugitive emissions captured by an infrared camera at the Elk Hills Power Plant in Kern County, California.]()
California regulators try to salvage system for allowing ‘extreme’ pollution
Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.
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![Ground flare at the Exxon SABIC Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas on Dec, 6, 2021.]()
![Ground flare at the Exxon SABIC Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical plant in Portland Texas on Dec, 6, 2021.]()
As alarm over plastic grows, Saudis ramp up production in the US
President Biden is in the kingdom this week to strengthen ties. Meanwhile, a U.S.-Saudi joint venture on the Texas coast is pumping out toxic chemicals and greenhouse gases.
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![United Nation's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2022 Opening, 21st Session April 25 - May 6, 2022.]()
![United Nation's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2022 Opening, 21st Session April 25 - May 6, 2022.]()
First climate agreement to center Indigenous voices gains international support
The Escazú Agreement establishes the relationship between human rights and environmental protections. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues urged its member states to adopt it.
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![Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants growing on a Petri dish.]()
![Thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants growing on a Petri dish.]()
Climate change breaks plant immune systems. Can they be rebooted?
When temperatures rise, plants mysteriously lose their ability to defend against invading pathogens — but there may be a fix.
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![A farmworker fights the Thomas Fire on December 7, 2017 near Fillmore, California.]()
![A farmworker fights the Thomas Fire on December 7, 2017 near Fillmore, California.]()
As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
There are currently no nationwide regulations that spell out what employers must do to protect workers from heat.
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![An aerial picture shows Islands jutting out into a lake amid the vast swamplands of the Sudd, around the border of Jonglei and Unity states in Southern Sudan, on June 21, 2011.]()
![An aerial picture shows Islands jutting out into a lake amid the vast swamplands of the Sudd, around the border of Jonglei and Unity states in Southern Sudan, on June 21, 2011.]()
Will a Nile canal project dry up Africa’s largest wetland?
South Sudan is moving ahead with plans for a 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it to Egypt. But critics warn the megaproject would desiccate the world’s second largest wetland, impacting its rich wildlife and the rains on which the region depends.
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![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
West Texas farmers and ranchers fear the worst as drought, heat near 2011 records
2011 was the driest year on record for Texas, causing an estimated cost of $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses. A dry and hot June has many sounding alarm bells about 2022.
