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Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find
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Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find

Ice-free summers are now inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods around the world.

Groundbreaking plastic pollution treaty moves closer after Paris talks, despite fractured reactions
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Groundbreaking plastic pollution treaty moves closer after Paris talks, despite fractured reactions

After a week of intense negotiations, a mandate was given to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a first draft text on cutting the world's plastic pollution before the end of the year.
How smoke from Australia’s megafires ate away at the ozone
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How smoke from Australia’s megafires ate away at the ozone

Wildfire smoke can change the chemistry of the stratosphere, resulting in chlorine molecules that deplete the ozone layer
The little-known world of caterpillars
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The little-known world of caterpillars

An entomologist races to find them before they disappear.
Opinion: The East Palestine disaster was a direct result of US reliance on fossil fuels and plastic
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Opinion: The East Palestine disaster was a direct result of US reliance on fossil fuels and plastic

The hazardous chemicals being transported by the derailed train — including vinyl chloride, a known carcinogen — are used to make PVC, the world’s third most used type of plastic.
Meet the climate scientist helping guide Biden on spy agencies
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Meet the climate scientist helping guide Biden on spy agencies

Kim Cobb, the first climate scientist to join a top intelligence advisory board, answers questions about her hopes to infuse climate into Biden’s security discussions
Biden weaves climate into economy and regulations with two key picks
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Biden weaves climate into economy and regulations with two key picks

The president adds climate champions Lael Brainard as his top economic adviser and Richard Revesz as his regulations chief. The appointments to two of the most powerful posts in the White House underscore how Mr. Biden has pursued an “all-of-government” approach to climate change

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LISTEN: Reflections on the first five years of the Agents of Change program

The leadership team talks about what they’ve learned — and what lies ahead.

Resident speaks at an event about the Midwest hydrogen hub organized by Just Transition NWI.

What a Trump administration means for the federal hydrogen energy push

Legal and industry experts say there are uncertainties about the future of hydrogen hubs, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.

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Op-ed: The common ground between labor and climate justice is the key to a livable future

The tale of “jobs versus the environment” does not capture the full story.

Union workers from SEIU holding climate protest signs at a rally in Washington DC

El terreno común entre los derechos laborales y la justicia climática es la clave de un futuro habitable

La narrativa de “empleos vs. proteger el medio ambiente” no cuenta la historia completa.

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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

“They’ve been able to combine forces and really come forward to bring social and environmental change.”

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