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![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
![A balding man in a checkered button-down shirt speaks empatically.]()
Montana’s new anti-climate law may be the most aggressive in the nation
The legislation, signed into law last week, is even more restrictive than North Carolina’s infamous 2012 law that prohibited policymakers from considering sea-level rise projections.
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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion
A new study shows the weather cycle packs a heavy financial punch.
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![People on a beach in Seattle are seen in silhouette as the sun sets over the mountains in the background.]()
Pacific Northwest heat wave breaks records for May
Temperatures reached 93 degrees in some cities, more than 20 degrees above normal.
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Is carbon capture viable? In a new rule, the EPA is asking power plants to prove it.
“The EPA is calling the bluff on the power industry.”
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![A large metal structure, known as a pumpjack, swings its mechanical arm to the earth for oil production.]()
![A large metal structure, known as a pumpjack, swings its mechanical arm to the earth for oil production.]()
Lawsuit: Oil and gas pollution violates New Mexico’s constitution
"Schools are surrounded by oil and gas wells and fracking sites."
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![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
![A man stands amid blackened aearth and ashes by a torched porch swing after a wildfire destroyed his home.]()
Wildfires have burned nearly 1 million acres in western Canada
The flames are fueled by the same weather phenomenon that caused the 2019 bushfires in Australia.
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![Aerial view of lithium mine evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert (in Salar de Atacama, Chile) with mountains in the background]()
![Aerial view of lithium mine evaporation ponds in the Atacama Desert (in Salar de Atacama, Chile) with mountains in the background]()
Chile’s national lithium strategy raises questions about the environmental and social costs of EVs
Critics want the move to go beyond raising revenue and to protect ecosystems and communities from unnecessary extraction.
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![A massive Category 5 hurricane is shown on a satellite image to move towards Florida.]()
![A massive Category 5 hurricane is shown on a satellite image to move towards Florida.]()
Major hurricanes expected to increase in 2023, researchers forecast
This hurricane season could be similar to 2017, the year of Harvey and Maria.
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Deadly heat threatens the lives and livelihoods of 1 billion people in India
Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country's development goals and slow economic growth, new research shows.
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![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
