200 die in flood stricken India, Nepal in the middle of a pandemic
Severe flooding in far-northeast India and Nepal has killed hundreds and displaced millions, according to reports. As of Monday morning,…
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Extreme heat forces DC to shutdown COVID-19 testing
Extreme heat caused Washington, D.C. officials to shut down free coronavirus testing centers Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Sunday night. Due…
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Fix air conditioning or we cook ourselves — UN report
Air conditioning systems are a significant contributor to global warming pollution that can and should be made more efficient, new…
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Climate impacts put farmers between rock, hard place
Farmers will be increasingly left with difficult choices to adapt to climate change, new research shows. The study, conducted by…
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Racism and gas flaring could be making preterm births more likely
Pregnant people living near sites where gas is flared face an elevated risk of giving birth preterm, a new study found.…
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Fossil fuels are getting more coronavirus recovery aid than renewable energy
Governments of the world’s 20 wealthiest nations are disproportionately funneling pandemic stimulus funds to fossil fuels over clean energy sources,…
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Court slaps down Trump team’s rollback of key air pollution rule
Late on Wednesday a federal judge invalidated the Trump administration’s rollback of methane pollution safeguards. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers found…
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Progressives welcome Biden’s $2 trillion green energy plan
By Jessica Corbett U.S. environmental and climate activists on Tuesday welcomed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s “Plan to Build…
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Oil execs are worried keeping promises to tribes will hurt their bottom line
Oil executives are worried a Supreme Court ruling upholding Native American sovereignty will be bad for business, E&E reports. In…
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Extreme heat wave in U.S. exacerbates risks during COVID-19
A staggering heatwave across much of the U.S., predicted to last multiple weeks in some areas, is raising alarms over…
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