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Which age group has the most climate-intensive diet?

A 20-year study of diets in 149 countries finds that teenagers have the heaviest individual carbon footprints from food, even as aging populations drive the largest overall increase in emissions.
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Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway, scientists say

New research suggest that swapping your internal combustion engine for an EV is almost always the greener choice.
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Heat-related illnesses on rise in New Mexico amid record-high temperatures

Already this summer, 770 New Mexicans have visited statewide emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses. That’s more than all of last summer.
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Utah produced more power from solar than any other source in May, marking a new first

Wind and solar generation are surging in Utah’s power mix, and experts expect the trend to continue despite cuts to federal clean energy incentives.

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Texas governor blasted Corpus Christi for its water crisis. A river authority he has power over is falling apart

The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply, but the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.

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Wildfire smoke is now a bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

As regulations have reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions from vehicles and industry in recent years, smoke from climate-fueled wildfires is erasing air quality gains.
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Lumberjack lawmaker: Troy Jackson cuts a mixed environmental image

A late add to try to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry.
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Climate change created conditions for Canada fires, scientists say, as Trump blames mismanagement

A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires.

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