Climate Desk
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The Pentagon’s new climate change report is missing some important details
The entire Marine Corps, for instance.
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EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler wasn’t ready for the Senate’s questions on climate change
He blamed the shutdown for his lack of preparation.
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Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.
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Sportsmen flex their political muscles
In the midterms, public land access issues helped several candidates nab governorships.
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California’s Camp Fire was the most expensive natural disaster worldwide in 2018
The state’s deadliest fire ever was also the world’s costliest catastrophe in 2018.
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Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport
A road through a national refuge in Alaska is meant to be for medical evacuations. But a little-known loophole lets it move fish, not just patients.
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Ocean temps rising faster than scientists thought: Report
Scientists say the rate of ocean warming has led to more rain, increased sea levels, coral reef destruction and declining ocean oxygen levels.
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The shutdown shows just how vital government scientists are
As federal scientists sit at home, the many industries that rely on them are already beginning to feel their absence.