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A new study pinpoints the economic cost of emissions, paving the way for international legal action.
More than five years after admitting to her crimes, Montoya was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
The lawsuit could determine whether the state's Public Service Commission must consider emissions in its decision making.
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
The season is already near its peak, but climate change means a monster storm could strike anytime.
A Floodlight analysis in nine of the 10 states that elect public utility commissioners found that more than a third of their contributions of $250 and up are from fossil fuel and electric utility interests — more than $13.5 million in all.
And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
