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Florida communities with highest climate change risk face new Tallahassee hurdles

A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
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FEMA in the crosshairs as climate disasters worsen

Extreme weather events are growing more frequent and intense. Will FEMA be around to help affected communities?
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Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

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Hockey rinks turn to plastic ice as planet warms

Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.
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Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

Emerging pathogens and a warming Arctic are driving steep declines in muskox populations across parts of northern Canada, raising concerns for ecosystems and Inuit food security.

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The common ground of the climate and ‘ICE Out’ movements

Youth-led environmental groups are increasingly aligning with immigration rights activists, arguing that combating authoritarianism is essential to addressing the climate crisis.

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The energy crisis has only just begun

For 26 days, oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf have stopped. But ships that made it out before the war started have been at sea delivering energy products to markets that ordered them. The last of those ships should dock in the next week setting off a whole new crisis in global energy markets.
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Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco.

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Trump axed nearly $1B in funding for solar in Puerto Rico

The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
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Green steel is the way forward for Indiana, former steelworkers say

Advocates warn that what’s left of the industry could be lost if companies choose to invest in dirty blast furnaces instead of modernizing with cleaner steelmaking.

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Forest Service shake-up comes as risky wildfire season looms

The Trump administration says moving the Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutting down 31 research stations will streamline operations and bring leaders west, where the forests are.

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