Syndicated
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Nord Stream gas leaks may be biggest ever, with warning of ‘large climate risk’
‘Colossal amount’ of leaked methane, twice initial estimates, is equivalent to third of Denmark’s annual CO2 emissions or 1.3 million cars.
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The huge expansion of oil pipelines is endangering the climate, report says
Thousands of miles of new pipelines planned around world show ‘an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals.’
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The tragedy of North Birmingham
Industrial plants in Birmingham, Alabama, have polluted the air and land in its historic Black communities for over a century. In an epicenter of environmental injustice, officials continue to fail to right the wrongs plaguing the city’s north side.
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For New Zealand Māori, an uncertain future as fish move away
As the climate warms, animals are heading for new areas. The Indigenous Māori’s experience handling the shift offers a warning — and lessons — for people around the world.
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The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Climate change is straining FEMA’s capacity to help people after a disaster.
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A Uranium ghost town in the making
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
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‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years
The spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities.
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Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon
But just as their understanding of the phenomena becomes more clear, it’s starting to disappear.