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As the world heats up, cities work to cool down

Global warming trends mean more frequent, intense heat waves. Cities around the world are working to mitigate extreme heat and adapt urban life to climate change.
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Idaho Surface Water Coalition says severely needed water supply ‘simply is not there’

The Idaho Surface Water Coalition is reducing water deliveries and usage due to a historically low snowpack, a depleted aquifer and drought.
Two men drilling a geothermal well for a residential geothermal heat pump.

Want a job drilling for geothermal? A Northeast training hub is coming

A worker shortage threatens to hold up America’s buildout of geothermal networks. These groups have a plan to address the problem, starting in Massachusetts.

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Mark Carney adviser says AI data centres ‘provide markets’ for gas

Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centers, says internal government document.

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Opinion: Feds order a Florida power plant to keep burning dirty coal

Instead of shutting down, the Orlando, Florida, plant must continue polluting the air and driving power bills higher.

Chinese coal-fired power plant emitting pollution from four stacks

Despite record renewable growth, China is still betting on coal

China’s power-sector emissions fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade, but a rebound in coal-fired generation raises doubts about whether the decline will last.
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Can controlled burns reduce California’s air pollution?

A new Stanford University study finds that annual prescribed burning could substantially reduce smoke pollution during California’s worst wildfire years.
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The winter’s snow drought is now a full-blown water crisis

The West's Missing Snowpack has teed up a dangerous summer drought.
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‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees

While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world.

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Scientists have made jet fuel from plastic waste

A new process converts hard-to-recycle styrofoam waste into valuable jet fuel at a cost competitive with petroleum-based fuels.
Two women in a kayak floating through a mangrove forest

Mangroves comeback is a rare climate success story

For decades, we've catalogued what we're losing to climate change. A sweeping new study offers something harder to find — evidence that one of the planet's most vital coastal ecosystems is actually winning.

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