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Fossil fuels are a clear and present danger to national security

Relying on carbon energy is a direct threat to American national security, no matter how one might characterize it.

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The climate time bomb in the atmosphere

Cleaning up air pollution might increase global temperature by as much as an entire degree Celsius.
Resilience
Building back severed communities
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Building back severed communities

The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
Solutions
A green transition for West Virginia
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A green transition for West Virginia

Last month, the Political Economy Research Institute of UMass Amherst released a report on a proposed clean-energy transition program for West Virginia.

Impacts
Puffins: Harbingers of climate change
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Puffins: Harbingers of climate change

These small ocean birds are the proverbial canary in the coal mine as the ecology of their habitat worsens.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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California struggles to electrify trucks as Trump administration blocks state rules

Rare earth mining toxic pollution

The hidden cost of powering your phone might be someone else’s cancer

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Toxic mine runoff cleanup revives West Virginia waterways and extracts rare earth elements

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
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China ramps up solar and wind power as clean energy output shatters global records

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Melting ice and microplastics signal deepening disruption in Antarctica’s climate system