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Massachusetts’ $35 million in offshore wind tax breaks go unclaimed for two years

A state program offering $35 million in tax incentives to boost Massachusetts’ offshore wind industry has seen no takers for two straight years, underscoring how supply chain woes, federal rollbacks, and economic uncertainty have stalled clean energy ambitions.

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As Singapore heats up, pests are seeking refuge indoors

Singapore’s reputation as one of the world’s cleanest cities is being put to the test by a surge in rodent and insect infestations that experts say is being fueled by climate change and heat stress.

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This data scientist sees progress in the climate change fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change.

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After the fire in El Segundo, who's watching California refineries?

An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents. With the U.S. Chemical Safety Board defunded, California has yet to fill the gap.
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At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse

As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts leave the nation less prepared.
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‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand.

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Progress on Africa's 'Great Green Wall' stalls as seedlings die off

New research finds that few of the millions of planted trees in Africa's Great Green Wall survive due to limited rainfall, grazing livestock, and slow disbursement of pledged funds.

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Chinese migrant workers drive Indonesia’s nickel industry for EVs

30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
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Nestlé quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions

Food group Nestlé says it has withdrawn from a global alliance for cutting methane emissions that aims to reduce the impact of dairy farming on global warming.

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What will the AI data center boom mean for Canada?

Sprawling AI data centers, hungry for land, water and power, are coming. Plans for the world’s largest, called Wonder Valley, are underway in a drought-stricken region in Alberta.

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Opinion: It’s time we confront the ugly truth about plastic recycling

Recycling doesn’t address any of plastic’s human and environmental impacts. It’s essentially another form of plastic production, one that usually hurts low-income communities.

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