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California Skincare Brand Goes Ocean Positive
SeaTrees member exploring kelp forests. SeaTrees Malibu-based skincare brand Osea is working with SeaTrees, a local non-profit specializing in conservation…
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Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act. Here’s MarketWatch’s rundown of how it will affect your energy bills, investments and drug costs.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act — the Democrats’ big economic package aimed at…
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This Laser-Firing Truck Could Help Make Hot Cities More Livable
When you go on a road trip, you pack snacks and drinks and make sure you have good music to…
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What does the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?
The US senate just passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes the largest climate spending package in US…
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Climate change impacts are making most infectious diseases worse
Researchers have found more than 1000 ways 10 climate hazards may aggravate transmissible diseases, from flooding to heatwaves Environment 8…
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Europe’s hedgehog numbers in decline due to habitat loss | DW | 08.08.2022
Hedgehogs are a common sight in gardens in some parts of Europe. But the first time Monika Thomas saw one…
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History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen
Updated at 5:19 p.m. on August 7, 2022 Climate change was born as a modern political issue in the United…
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Peter Dykstra: Greenwashing’s medieval age
Last week I went on an archaeological dig to uncover ancient greenwashers and deniers. This week, I present five more…
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What will the Inflation Reduction Act mean for US carbon emissions?
The US senate is set to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which would include the largest climate spending…
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A public information campaign on the climate crisis is urgently needed
Never has the need for a public information campaign been so great, not only to educate people about the climate…
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40°C heatwave may have killed 1000 people in England and Wales
First estimate of extreme heat’s impact suggests that more than half of the deaths are expected to have been in…
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Striking Graphs That Show Humanity’s Domination of the Earth
The numbers don’t lie: Humans are ruining this planet. Atmospheric carbon levels and ocean temperatures are going up. Arctic sea…
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Climate change made UK 40°C heatwave at least 10 times more likely
Analysis of how much global warming influenced the UK’s heatwave last week is likely to be an underestimate because climate…
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Idaho Farmers Threatened By Biden’s Global Warming Agenda
Farming is one of the noblest and most necessary professions in the world we live in today. Farmers do not…
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NOAA says sunny-day flooding accelerates with sea level rise
Federal scientists say high-tide flooding is becoming more common on the East and Gulf coasts and the risk is accelerating…
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How Siestas Might Help Europe Survive Deadly Heat Waves
For years, there have been concerns in Spain that this is not the best way to do business. In 2016,…
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Soot from rockets has 500X the climate impact as airplanes
Air pollutants released by rocket launches, re-entry, and space debris have a disproportionate effect on global warming, according to a…
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Harvesting Wheat in Drought-Parched Kansas
Aside from a few irrigated fields, the wheat didn’t get any better as the tour made its way east, on…
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Even ‘net zero’ aviation could still cause significant global warming
Efforts to make flying greener mostly count carbon dioxide emissions only, but modelling shows this ignores 90 per cent of…
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How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds
If you have a habit of perusing satellite imagery of the world’s oceans—and who doesn’t, really?—you might get lucky and…
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Europe’s not ready for a hotter world
Press play to listen to this article Europe was not prepared for the extreme heat it experienced this infernal July.…
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“Don’t Look Up” director Adam McKay on the climate crisis that’s no joke
The extreme heat that made headlines last week in Europe and the U.S. reminded us of the apocalyptic satire film…
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Heat waves are hitting around the globe. Scientists say climate change is making them more frequent
As much of the nation swelters under temperatures that have canceled outdoor sports, sparked wildfires and taxed the infrastructure keeping…
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Peter Dykstra: Who’s the most influential Republican Senator on climate?
This week President Biden laid out a set of executive actions aimed at curbing climate change in light of recent…
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How can the UK keep homes cool without air conditioning?
By Adam Vaughan Shutters, a common sight in France, are more effective for cooling than interior shading GeoPic/Alamy The following…
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What is environmental health?
We’ve been reporting on environmental health for 20 years. But what is environmental health? You’ve got questions, and we have…
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Europe Has Descended Into the Age of Fire
Wildfires are becoming more difficult to manage, he says, because the land isn’t actively controlled with vegetation-thinning and deliberate burns.…
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Glacier Collapses Are a Growing but Hard-to-Predict Threat
Neither Maggi nor any of his colleagues have been able to visit the site in person because of the risk…
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Forecasting our Future: What is a hydrogen hub?
Forecasting our Future: What is a hydrogen hub? Updated: 8:42 PM EDT Jul 19, 2022 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HYRODGEN…
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How Heat Waves Work (and Why They’re Getting Worse)
Publishing a report on the danger of heat waves during the tail end of 2019’s worst one yet had a…
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The frontline workers at risk in Europe’s heat wave
Europe’s record-smashing heat wave has exposed a divide between workers who can escape the heat and those who can’t. From…
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Report details “shocking” state of Australia’s iconic natural environment
Sydney — Australia’s unique wildlife is being devastated by bushfires, drought, habitat loss and global warming, a government report said Tuesday,…
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Heatwaves Becoming Normal Amid Climate Change as Europe Continues Sweltering
Geneva — The World Meteorological Organization, WMO, warns heatwaves, raging wildfires and record-breaking temperatures are becoming normal because of climate…
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Temperature hits 40°C on the UK’s hottest day on record
Heathrow Airport has provisionally recorded a temperature of 40.2°C, an event that would be extremely unlikely without climate change, and…
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Climate change costing Germany billions of euros a year | DW | 18.07.2022
Climate change has cost Germany an average of €6.6 billion ($6.7 billion) per year since 2000, a study commissioned by the…
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Heat waves: What are the alternatives to air conditioning? | DW | 18.07.2022
Kuwaiti summers are oppressive. Baking heat radiates from every corner of the city, making even the lightest of exercise excruciating.…
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Why the Arctic Is Warming 4 Times as Fast as the Rest of Earth
All the extra warmth of summer is also getting trapped in the Arctic Ocean, then released throughout the winter. “The…
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Europe’s big dry
Press play to listen to this article Europe is staring into one of its driest summers in living memory. Drought…
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Op-ed: Reflections on the Supreme Court’s Decision in West Virginia v. EPA
The recent 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. EPA was an exercise of raw political power. The…
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Reasons To Be Optimistic About The Economy And The Environment
Pittsburgh in 1940 and Today. Source: (Top) Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901–2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh. Public…
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Peter Dykstra: The greatest retired US government hero
Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency is mostly remembered for bad things: Iranian hostages, energy “malaise,” and more. But in addition to…
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Joe Manchin’s Fickleness Is a Needless Catastrophe
For its many flaws, the world of cryptocurrency has bequeathed to the English language a vivid new verb: rug-pulling. As…
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UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40°C heat
By Adam Vaughan The UK Met Office is warning of extreme heat expected on Monday and Tuesday Met Office The…
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Texas’ Precarious Power Grid Exposes a Nasty Feedback Loop
Another extreme weather event, another trial for Texas’ infamous electrical grid. As temperatures have soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit, residents…
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Kenyan farmers swap tobacco for beans | DW | 14.07.2022
Some 100 Kenyan farmers were part of a pilot project to help farmers transition from tobacco to alternative food crop farming.…
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Whatever This Is, It Won’t Be Build Back Better
Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Welcome, all. We are gathered…
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Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change
An analysis of two decades of satellite data shows that forests in arid, tropical and temperate regions are becoming less…
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UK’s slow heat pump efforts will take 600 years to meet 2050 target
Figures from the European Heat Pump Association indicate the UK was bottom of a list of more than 20 European…
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UK was worst in Europe for heat pump installations in 2021
Figures from the European Heat Pump Association indicate the UK was bottom of a list of more than 20 European…
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The Climate Anxiety Discussion Has a Whiteness Problem
Sarah Jaquette Ray has spent her career etching out an academic niche at the intersection of environmental issues and social…
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