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Solar above, fish below: Double-decker farm's vast energy potential

Floating solar panels over the world’s fish and shrimp ponds could generate 4,100 terawatt-hours of electricity, avoiding up to 2.5 billion tons of emissions.
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Trump official who wants data centers on public lands has tens of millions invested in AI industry

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.

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Coal-fired power plants often located in disadvantaged communities

Living near coal plants is linked to diseases, higher risk of death. U.S. EPA curtails information about air pollution health impacts, and more.

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U.N. climate talks begin today. Here are 3 things to know

Countries are gathering in Antalya, Turkey, for the annual U.N. climate conference. Many are frustrated with the lack of focus on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change.
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The rise and fall of the term ‘carbon neutral’ — and where we go from here

New EU rules have put strict conditions on offset-based green claims. Caroline Garland speaks to Dan Morrell, who helped put ‘carbon neutral’ into the dictionary – and he says good riddance – but warns brands not to fall silent
A worker collects garbage from the sea on Eminonu beach in Istanbul, Turkey.

How Europe’s trash ends up on Turkey’s beaches

Turkey wants to promote its “zero waste” program while hosting the U.N.’s global climate conference. Its own recycling industry is oozing plastic.
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Climate change is bringing dengue fever to the high Himalayas

As Nepal’s mountains warm, mosquitoes are spreading dengue, once strictly a lowland disease, to higher-elevation, densely-populated areas.
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Drought driven by climate change is redefining how disease spreads, study finds

As climate change intensifies, drought is widening globally, causing alterations in water-dependent pathogen patterns, leaving scientists scrambling to understand how infectious disease transmission is evolving.

A yellow skid-steer loader in front of destroyed homes on January 13, 2013 in Lavallette, New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy

Disaster-prone communities face cuts and slowdowns in federal help

The Trump administration is scaling back or stalling investments that help vulnerable places harden themselves to rising flood and fire threats.
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Why the blue wave brings new hope for clean energy

While affordability and inflation were top of mind for voters, midterm results will also affect climate policy at virtually every level of government.

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