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Mitch McConnell’s climate legacy

During his decades-long career, the retiring senator blocked climate action at every opportunity.
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US buildings lost to wildfires could triple by 2060

The country could reduce the risk by better managing forests and housing development to account for climate change, new research suggests.
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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects

Two new reports reveal how federal funding cuts have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars from Indigenous communities, jeopardizing renewable energy projects, climate resilience efforts and tribal sovereignty.

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Brazil wraps up COP30 with fossil fuel, forest roadmaps, urging shift from talks to action

Brazil is ending its year-long presidency of ​the UN climate process with roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating a shift away from fossil fuels to help governments deliver on past ‌climate agreements.
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Human-driven climate change may have halted the onset of a new ice age, according to new study

Canadian researchers have studied changes in the vast Barnes Glacier over the last 3,000 years.
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William Nordhaus pioneered putting a price on pollution

Economist William Nordhaus said putting a price on pollution was the best way to reduce climate change. Then came the fossil fuel lobby and the anti-tax movement.
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Pro-AI data center group spending at least $2.54M on TV ads to influence Ohio election

Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley megadonors reportedly linked to a campaign to influence voters in a state at the heart of the data center boom.
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Ethanol plant pollution costs lives and billions each year. States can fix this

As Congress moves to expand year-round ethanol sales, a federal loophole is allowing ethanol plants to release large amounts of air pollution with limited oversight, shifting the health costs onto communities far beyond the facilities themselves.
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The American dream wasn’t built for climate change

Owning a home has long been billed as a way to build wealth. For many, it's turning into a trap.
A tilted home off its foundation on the beach on January 13, 2013 in Mantoloking, New Jersey, 75 days after Hurricane Sandy struck in October 2012

Climate change and inflation drive up Georgia home insurance rates

Georgia home insurance rates have increased by 25% since 2023, which experts say is driven by cimate-worsened disasters and inflation.
Mabul Island, Malaysia. Islands like this are endangered by climate change and rising sea levels

Five ways that sea-level rise affects your daily life, even if you live inland

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving coastal adaptation will help determine how severely sea level rise affects everyone.

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