Climate Desk
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![Adelie penguin convoy in Ross Sea, Antarctica -- now the largest protected area in the world.]()
![Adelie penguin convoy in Ross Sea, Antarctica -- now the largest protected area in the world.]()
Surge in marine refuges brings world close to protected areas goal
Reserves cover more than five times area of US, says report, but enforcement is often poor
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![Hand pressing the flush button on the toilet bowl.]()
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Candy wrappers, floss, tampons: The secret ingredients of sewer-clogging fatbergs
Meet the world's funkiest mounds of grease and garbage.
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![The sun sets on the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty in New York City.]()
![The sun sets on the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty in New York City.]()
California wildfire smoke spreads to New York, 3,000 miles away
Haze envelopes Washington D.C. and other east coast cities, and Arnold Schwarzenegger visits firefighters in California
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Closing nuclear plants risks rise in greenhouse gas emissions, report warns
Environmentalists are divided over nuclear energy, the single largest source of low-carbon electricity.
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Protecting public lands was a winning platform in elections out West
Conservation groups are hailing the victories as a rebuke of the Trump administration’s policies.
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![Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, participates in the House Democrats' news conference on the Republican budget on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.]()
![Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, participates in the House Democrats' news conference on the Republican budget on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.]()
Science returns to the House
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology may finally live up to its name.
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Landmark children’s climate lawsuit hits new roadblock
“This is not an environmental case, it’s a civil rights case.”
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After decades of global action, the ozone layer is on the road to recovery
In a rare — and much-needed — environmental win, a U.N. report says parts of the ozone layer could be fully healed by the 2030s
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Tom Steyer and the link between hate groups and climate denial
Many of the same patterns have appeared when extremists attack other targets.
