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Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising carbon dioxide

Researchers noticed ‘dramatic’ changes in nutrients in crops, including drop in zinc and rise in lead.

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Can Santa Claus survive in a melting world?

As climate change warms the planet, snowy winters are becoming less certain in Europe. Those looking for classic Christmas traditions are learning to adapt.
Sandbags piled at entrance to Canal Street Subway station NYC as a result of of Hurricane Sandy

How to protect New York’s subway in an era of extreme rainfall

As the planet warms, subway systems around the world have struggled to cope with floods far beyond what they were originally designed to handle.
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Tracking oil and gas waste in Pennsylvania is still a ‘logistical mess’

More than a decade after regulators promised to improve reporting standards for this waste, an Inside Climate News investigation found huge discrepancies in state records.
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Feds order WA power plant to keep burning coal, setting up clash with state

The Trump administration has ordered Washington’s last coal-fired power station to continue burning coal, just weeks before it was scheduled to shut down and convert to natural gas fuel.
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B.C. government coal mining research ‘way behind’

In neighbouring Alberta, government scientists are producing peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of coal mining. Why isn’t B.C.?
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Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants in scramble for energy

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants.
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SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects

If enacted, the bill’s measures would significantly curtail the scope and timelines for the federal environmental review process.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaking with attendees at the Energy Freedom Tour stop at MIT

How Chris Wright remade DOE

The secretary has moved aggressively, reorganizing the department and bolstering fossil fuels while trying to tackle artificial intelligence’s energy
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Ultra-processed diets drive obesity and climate change — but solutions are within reach

Diets around the world dependent on ultra-processed foods and animal-based agriculture are driving obesity rates and climate change, but solutions exist that would bolster health, and save money and the planet, according to a new review. 
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India's Parliament approves bill to open civil nuclear power sector to private firms

India’s Parliament has approved new legislation to open the civil nuclear power sector to private companies.

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