Climate change
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Fijian Climate Activist Lavenia Naivalu Presses for Action Ahead of Pacific Talks Before COP31
FIJI, October 2 — Leaders and delegates from Australia, Germany, Mexico, and Thailand will meet in Fiji and…
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Israel Turns Barren Land into Water Abundance with Desalination
JERUSALEM, July 14 — A nation once defined by chronic water scarcity has rewritten its relationship with every…
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Peatlands Store More Carbon Than Forests, but Drainage and Mining Keep Damaging Them
ASTANA, September 29 — Peatlands, covering approximately 3% of Earth’s land, are estimated to store an estimated 550…
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USAID Dismantling Stalls Conservation, Leaves 100 Projects Seeking Funding
WASHINGTON, September 27 — The cancellation of more than 5,200 U.S. foreign assistance contracts has stalled conservation work…
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Germany Approves Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Roadmap, Keeps 2045 Climate Goal
BERLIN, September 27 — Germany’s cabinet has approved a national roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas…
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Alaska’s Rivers Turn Orange as Thawing Permafrost Releases Acid and Metals
ANAKTUVUK RIVER, September 25 — A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology on May 20,…
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Pennsylvania Health Center Chief Trains Rural Doctors on Disaster and Weather Health Risks
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — A freight train derailed in this small Ohio town in February 2023, about a…
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$300M For Disasters? Hawaiʻi Gov Seeks To Tap Rainy Day Fund
HONOLULU, September 23 — Gov. Josh Green stood before reporters at the State Capitol on Wednesday and asked…
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The 1973 Oil Embargo Keeps the Price Record but 2026 Beat Its Volume
WASHINGTON, July 21 — The 1973 oil crisis, triggered by the Yom Kippur War, remains the defining example…
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Cascadia Quake Could Cost 30,000 Lives and $81 Billion, Virginia Tech Study Finds
SEATTLE, September 23 — Emergency management officials and scientists across the Pacific Northwest are warning coastal communities about…
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WMO: Recent water trends have serious future implications
GENEVA, September 23 — The World Meteorological Organization published its State of Global Water Resources report on September…
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Army Corps Starts Environmental Impact Statement for Trilogy Metals’ Arctic Mine in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, September 22 — Trilogy Metals Inc. said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published a notice…
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EPA Repeals Power Plant Carbon Rules, and the Savings Claim Hides Costs
WASHINGTON, September 1 — The White House has initiated a formal review of a supplemental proposal aimed at…
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GBIF Turns 25: The Open Database Behind Biodiversity Science Worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21 — Two billion. That is the number of species occurrence records now housed in…
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EPA Repeals Power Plant Emissions Limits, Undoing Climate Rules
HOUSTON, September 14 — The United States Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit…
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Six in 10 Americans Fear Natural Disaster Impact, Only 15% Feel Very Prepared
ALEXANDRIA, September 20 — United Way Worldwide and Verizon released national research on September 16 finding that six…
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AP-NORC Poll Finds 53 Percent of Americans Concerned About AI Environmental Impact
WASHINGTON, September 19 — A new poll finds that 53% of Americans are extremely or very concerned about…
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Environmental, Health Groups Sue Trump Administration Over EPA Power Plant Rule
WASHINGTON, September 19 — A coalition of environmental and public health organizations sued the Trump administration on September…
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How many disasters are declared in Massachusetts?
BOSTON, September 17 — Massachusetts has averaged one federally declared disaster per year over the most recent five…
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Earth Records Hottest August Ever as El Niño Intensifies
GENEVA, September 14 — El Niño was one of the drivers behind the hottest August ever measured on…
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UNESCO Warns Mediterranean Tsunami Risk Near 100 Percent Over Next 30 Years
PARIS, September 13 — UNESCO has warned that the probability of a tsunami wave exceeding 1 meter somewhere…
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NOAA Models Predict Deep-Sea Coral Hotspots Across Hawaiian Islands
HONOLULU, September 13 — The economic case for mapping the deep Pacific rests on a simple constraint: ship…
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Anak Krakatau Erupts for 25 Hours in Most Sustained Display in Years
Anak Krakatau erupted without a break for about 25 hours, from late on September 4 until early on…
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The Ring of Fire and Why Indonesia Sits at Its Center
Indonesia counts more than 130 active volcanoes across its thousands of islands. Mount Semeru, the “roof of Java,”…
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