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Trump unravels US climate agenda as he promises to ‘drill, baby, drill’
From declaring a “national energy emergency” to exiting the Paris Agreement, here is everything climate-related Trump did on Day 1.
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What happens to kids when their schools are destroyed?
Disasters like the California wildfires are costing kids their education.
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Global economy could shrink 50% between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
A report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis.
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Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse.
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
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Indigenous Affairs
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Deb Haaland, America’s first Native Cabinet secretary, considers her legacy
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Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change
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A filing error put more than 90,000 acres of Yakama Nation land in the hands of Washington state
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Indigenous people defending their land face a disproportionate share of violence and threats
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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The people who feed America are going hungry
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
More climate fiction
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Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?
The outgoing Democrat’s climate agenda was a surprising success — and a cautionary tale.
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Young conservatives want to push Trump on climate change — the ‘America First’ way
The American Conservation Coalition has grassroots support and the ear of Trump's Cabinet picks. The next four years will test its influence.
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Justin Trudeau taxed fossil fuels — and paid the price
The Liberal prime minister leaves office amid a wave of anger over his ambitious climate policies.
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What sparks a wildfire? The answer often remains a mystery.
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western U.S. remains unknown. AI could change that.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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Biden administration gives up on lower ocean speed limits to protect right whales
With only 370 remaining, the North Atlantic species is nearing extinction.
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A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells
Over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells.
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Saving the surf is a climate solution
The surf breaks that create epic waves store millions of tons of carbon. Protecting them from climate change protects a sport and the planet.
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Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3B chemical plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
The complex would have stretched across 77 acres and been a major polluter.
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