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'A war for water': Europe sounds the alarm on water stress ahead of another extreme summer
European lawmakers issued a stark warning about the region’s growing water crisis ahead of another extreme summer, saying there is a pressing need to tackle issues such as scarcity, food security and pollution.
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‘I’m a prisoner in my own home,’ asthma sufferer, 15, tells landmark US climate trial
Mica, aged 15, learned about climate change at the young age of four, when his parents showed him the documentary Chasing Ice. “I understood it more than my parents thought I would,” he testified in a groundbreaking trial on Tuesday. “I just knew something bad was happening, but I didn’t know exactly what it was.”
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2 out of 3 North American bird species face extinction. Here's how we can save them
As the climate crisis worsens, so does pressure on wildlife. The number of birds in North America has declined by 3 billion in the last 50 years.
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In a first, a climate lawsuit from young people is going to trial
Sixteen young people who say the state isn’t doing enough to address climate change will get their day in court Monday. The lawsuit argues that lack of action violates plaintiffs’ rights under the state Constitution. This is the first youth climate lawsuit to ever make it all the way to trial in the U.S.
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The smoke is clearing over the East Coast—but Canada’s wildfire catastrophe is far from over
While headlines this week in the United States focused on historic levels of air pollution in major East Coast cities like New York and Philadelphia—which have not experienced air quality conditions this poor since the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970—in Canada, it was the unprecedented wildfires themselves that remained the primary worry.
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Canada Spent ‘Clean Air Day’ Choking On Climate Failure
Wildfires are just one example of our governments’ collective failure to face down massive systemic challenges.
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Canada’s wildfire crisis could be a preview of the future
Don’t go outside. That’s what public health officials and medical experts have been advising tens of millions of people in the U.S. over the last couple of days as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada has drifted into the U.S., triggering air alerts and grounding flights across the Northeast, as far south as South Carolina and as far west as Minnesota.
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Landslides associated with rapid snowmelt in western North America in May 2023
Several significant landslides associated with rapid snowmelt in western North America in May 2023, driven by exceptional temperatures.
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To fight climate change, we've got to quit making so much plastic
A 75 percent reduction is needed to limit warming to 1.5 C, new report says.
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You’ve Never Heard of Him, but He’s Remaking the Pollution Fight
Richard Revesz is changing the way the government calculates the cost and benefits of regulation, with far-reaching implications for climate change.
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How to improve US cities and tackle the climate crisis? Get rid of parking spaces
New book details how New York could rid the city of rats and create more parks if it repurposed its 3m parking spots
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New York City Is Sinking. It’s Far From Alone
The Big Apple is subsiding under its own weight. But other coastal cities are also dramatically descending, just as seas are rising.
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France bans short-haul flights in effort to fight climate change
Air travel between Paris and regional hubs such as Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux will now be banned.
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When will global warming actually hit the landmark 1.5 ºC limit?
There’s a 66% chance that the annual global average temperature will hit 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial temperatures at some time in the next five years, according to a World Meteorological Organization report released on 17 May. Reaching 1.5 ºC of warming in a single year will be a landmark moment for the planet, which in 2022 was about 1.15 ºC warmer than in pre-industrial times.
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Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care for heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses, a new study suggests. While Phoenix was the most extreme example, the study warned that other cities are also at risk. Since 2015, the number of major blackouts nationwide has more than doubled.
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New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history
Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by 1% – or the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the road
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How climate change is making our allergies worse
Between April and May, the birch pollen season is in full swing. Eyes water, throats sting, noses run: doctors call these immune reactions "allergic rhinitis." In France, nearly one adult in three is said to suffer from a pollen allergy, according to the French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES).
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State lawmakers agree to 'historic' environment and climate bill
Backers say this is a historic environment, energy and climate budget bill that will make transformative investments to help Minnesota combat climate change and move more aggressively toward a carbon-free economy.
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Why Nuclear Fusion Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
In December 2022 scientists at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced a breakthrough in the decades-long effort to create an energy source based on the same nuclear fusion reactions that power the sun. An “engineering marvel beyond belief,” they proclaimed, as major newspapers quickly followed with breathless coverage.
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Greenhouse gases have changed El Niño and La Niña, significant new study finds
CSIRO has found greenhouse gas emissions have likely been making El Niño and La Niña events more frequent and extreme since the 1960s. Up until now little was known about the role it played.
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