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Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
Climate change can manifest as more than snow cover loss, a new study finds.
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro, and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of an epidemic of black lung. They’re still waiting.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.
America may have hit “peak gasoline,” but the fossil fuel’s decline is still too slow to meet climate goals.
