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Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Wildfires across Borneo and Sumatra are raising health risks for local populations, with some health offices reporting rising rates of respiratory disease.

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Wisconsin GOP candidate is exploiting the data center backlash to hit solar, wind

Gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany flipped on data centers, outflanked his Democratic rival and tied the issue to renewable projects he has opposed for years.
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Are electric cars really bad for the environment?

Some German politicians are calling for a delay to the EU plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles, saying cars must be judged on the entire carbon footprint. But the full picture still says EVs are more climate friendly.
A mountaineer climbs a snowy Mont Blanc in red snow gear

‘Summer has shaken us’: Nepal’s flood disaster hits close to home in the shadow of melting Mont Blanc

A Chamonix local official says his town urgently needs to prepare for the dangers of falling chunks of glacier or rock.
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Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds

Emissions of planet-heating methane and carbon dioxide from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says

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The ozone paradox: a growing cost of a warmer atmosphere

Mexico City’s air is getting cleaner, but ozone levels near the ground aren’t decreasing as fast as expected. Climate change is partly to blame.
Hand holding melting ice by giant iceberg in Ilulissat icefjord on Greenland.

Greenland ice reveals a pollution mystery that began after 1990

Greenland ice reveals a surprising shift in industrial pollution after 1990 that could help explain recent Arctic warming.
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Senior citizens in the Rio Grande Valley are paying the price for oppressive heat

Summer heat is becoming more deadly for the elderly in South Texas with record-breaking temperatures and rising costs for electricity.

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'Slumping' South Korean corals worry divers and scientists studying climate change

Unlike ​hard corals supported by rigid calcium carbonate skeletons, soft corals rely on internal fluid pressure to keep upright.
Overhead shot of mother and calf right whales swimming together against turquoise waters

States sue feds over endangered species rollbacks

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species.

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