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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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![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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![extreme heat wave New Delhi, India]()
![extreme heat wave New Delhi, India]()
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.]()
![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.
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![Smog hanging over LA skyline in 2020]()
![Smog hanging over LA skyline in 2020]()
1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air, new report says
The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires, drought, and inequality threaten progress.
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![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’
How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.
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![Damaged trees against mountains]()
The future of US forests — a major carbon sink — is ‘highly uncertain’
A new study highlights the risks of using forest-based carbon offsets to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.
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Warming temperatures trigger earliest spring on record in parts of eastern US
Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.
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![Antarctic ice]()
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Melting Antarctic ice may strangle vital ocean currents
Models show that currents could slow by more than 40 percent within 30 years, with potentially devastating effects on the ocean's ability to store carbon.
