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Whistleblowers warn that ad industry is fueling online hatred and climate crisis

A group of senior advertising executives has released an anonymous memo warning that “a vacuum of responsible leadership” means the ad industry is morally failing itself and society.

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The US data center buildout has a hidden source of carbon emissions

Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.
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Wisconsin debates how to pay for the power-hungry AI boom

Regulators mull the first big utility plan to provide electricity to data centers flocking to the state, igniting disputes over consumer protection and clean energy.

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Va. state senator seeks to keep future data centers away from residential areas

With rising concerns over where data centers are able to be built, one bill looks to keep them in industrial areas.
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Who decides when a home is safe? A California bill says science, not insurers.

Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based.

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Plastic emissions could double health damage by 2040

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new plastics.
Bixby Bridge, part of Highway 1, at Big Sur, in California

California’s iconic Highway 1 is fighting a losing battle against climate change. Can it survive?

Scientists warn that climate change intensifies coastal hazards — stronger storms, erosion and wildfires — making future closures more likely along California’s iconic, 650-mile highway.

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US withdrawal from Paris Agreement comes into effect

Major emitter the US has officially left the Paris Agreement and global emissions keep rising a decade on from the deal. Yet renewables' growth shows climate action can work. Here's what's been done and what's missing.
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A winter storm fueled by global warming tests U.S. disaster response

A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the second Trump administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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Trump’s censors hit Grand Canyon and 16 other national parks

A new wave of takedown orders from Trump officials targets signs about climate and Native Americans at several national parks, including Grand Canyon, Big Bend and Glacier.

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