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4 million lakes in ‘Lost Lakes’ map offer clues to Arctic permafrost

Researchers have created an interactive map called Lost Lakes that allows people to monitor changes in around 4 million Arctic lakes in near real time.

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Climate change has created a meta-crisis in food security, energy, and the economy, says Greek expert

Emmanuella Doussis is the UNESCO Chair on Climate Diplomacy and Professor of International Institutions at the University of Athens.
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Competing climate visions clash at UN General Assembly

While President Donald Trump pushed against cutting emissions and regulating technology, environmentalists called for world leaders to reject conflict and build a stable future with clean energy.
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US utilities get failing grade on clean energy transition

Too many utilities are keeping coal plants open, planning new gas plants, and building less renewable energy, the Sierra Club’s latest “Dirty Truth Report” finds.

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The former fracking executive selling Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ vision

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pitching a future of fossil fuel abundance. It’s not always an easy sell while war drags on and oil prices surge.
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How Trump’s repeal of the greenhouse gas rule could increase emissions from Georgia

Advocates in Georgia warn a Trump administration rollback on climate standards for power plants will increase greenhouse gas emissions. 
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Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US — and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis.

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Opinion: Believe what you are seeing and feeling — the climate is changing

Nearly all climate scientists believe that climate warming has occurred as the result of human activities, but do you see it and feel it, plainly? Do you believe it?

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Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages

A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the Western United States.

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A clean energy source is buried under the desert, but it takes water to use it

Geothermal companies face tough tradeoffs over water as they aim to power the data center buildout in western states.

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