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A view of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan showing the water receding from a dry environment

The Aral Sea isn't just an ecological nightmare — it's a carbon bomb

Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2.
A view of Montreal, Canada with wildfire smoke blanketing the city

Wildfire smoke kills and sickens people and it's getting worse

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.
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Big Tech joins Big Oil in ruining summer

The energy industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.

An aerial view of a home that has been damaged by a hurricane

Feds increasingly leave local governments hanging when climate disasters hit, report finds

The U.S. federal government is increasingly failing to provide local communities assistance after climate change fueled disasters.

School children march for science with sign on backpack reading "Listen to the Science!"

As climate extremes collide, attribution science evolves

A National Academy of Sciences report on extreme climate event attribution confronts political climate denialism with scientific evidence.
An illustration of a head with cracked earth on one side and soil and greenery on the other

New leader of major US climate program doesn’t believe the science

Trump just put a climate denier in charge of overseeing a key report.
A view of a farm field being harvested by two farm tractors

Interactive map predicts climate-driven farm decline by end of century

A team in Barcelona has developed a platform that forecasts how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100.

Closeup of man with a two-handed grip on a hamburger in a bun, mouth open, about to eat.

Study says eating less meat could slash emissions. Americans are eating more than ever

A global shift to mostly plant-based diets with minimal processed foods and red meat, coupled with a large decrease in food waste, would decrease greenhouse gas emissions by more than 85% by 2050 compared to 2020 agricultural emissions, according to a new study. 
A group of black and white cows eating hay in a barn

Is the EU about to give the meat industry a pass on methane emissions?

Calling it “biogenic methane” is a red flag for climate scientists.
Illustrative example of AI cube as data transport and an also an intrusive entity being "plunked down" on a circuit board representative of a cityscape

After months of debate, Virginia fails to pass data center clean energy requirements

The state will tax data center electricity but plans to reduce emissions at the facilities and secure environmental protections went nowhere.
A view of a lake with billowing wildfire smoke in the background

Opinion: Why Oregon needs a strong Climate Protection Program

Sky-high energy bills. Record-breaking wildfires. Air too toxic to breathe. Oregonians are already paying the price for pollution from large corporations, which is fueling climate disasters and extreme weather.

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