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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?
Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030 targets.
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![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
Blizzard warnings in Hawaii, no snow in Denver: What’s behind this month’s wild weather?
This December is giving a whole new meaning to weather whiplash.
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![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
Coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds.
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Boston’s new mayor promised free public transit. Can she make it happen?
Without state and federal buy-in, experts say fare-free transit is just "talking about dreams."
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Green incentives usually help the rich. Here’s how the Build Back Better Act could change that.
The reconciliation bill could shake up the tradition of green handouts to the wealthy.
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Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent.
The evidence is clear: Forests are shifting to scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S.
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Food banks are struggling to fill their shelves, and it’s not just supply chain issues
Climate change, inflation, and price gouging are also at play.
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![Chairman Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., prepare for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine “infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, June 24, 2021.]()
![Chairman Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., prepare for the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine “infrastructure needs of the U.S. energy sector, western water and public lands,” in Dirksen Building on Thursday, June 24, 2021.]()
Manchin and Cortez Masto kill chances of reforming outdated hardrock mining law
The nearly 150-year old law allows mining companies to extract resources like copper and lithium royalty-free.
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EPA restores water protections weakened under Trump
Smaller waterways and wetlands will be covered again under Clean Water Act.
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Public schools are failing students on climate change
A new book exposes systemic shortcomings in the way global warming is taught in America.
