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The Three Big Questions Delaying New York’s Budget
Climate Change’s Unseen Grip on Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perfect Storm of Drought, Famine, and Conflict
As the parched earth cracks and fissures beneath their feet, millions of …
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Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall
“A Border Divided”
Deep within the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, the Rio Grande River forms the international boundary between the United States and Mexico. For …
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Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms
A Season of Fire
The U.S. Forest Service is bracing for one of its most perilous wildfire seasons in decades, as the agency embarks on a massive reorganization that critics warn …
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Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: ‘It makes sense’
A New Recipe for Sustainability
Marcos Ramos can finally cook a full meal at home, a privilege he’s been denied for nearly four years. The culprit behind the lengthy supply …
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Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch
Climate Chaos Unfolds in Bangkok
A flurry of last-minute deals and hastily brokered compromises has brought the 56th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …
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Water-Use Restrictions Follow Snow Drought and Heat Wave in the Western U.S.
A Region’s Future in the Balance
Western states in the United States are bracing for the worst as an unprecedented combination of snow drought and heat wave threatens to …
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Trump’s Budget May Target Climate Programs. Here’s What Survived the Last Cuts.
Climate Cutbacks: What Remains After the Ax Falls
As the sun sets over the parched savannas of sub-Saharan Africa, the consequences of climate change are writ large. Droughts have …
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In New England, Catching Climate Data Along With Fish
A New Frontier in Climate Research
Rigged and ready to set sail from the busy port of Gloucester, Massachusetts, the commercial fishing vessel, F/V Caledonia, is part of a …
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‘God Squad’ Waives Environmental Rules for Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
Environmental Overreach
Fierce storms batter the southern coast of Louisiana, but for the residents of Houma, the true tempest lies in the Gulf of Mexico. Here, a centuries-old …
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‘Harrowing’: Cyclone Narelle leaves graveyard of turtles, dolphins and seabirds in Western Australia
Storm Surge of Despair
The storm-tossed shoreline of Graveyards Beach in Western Australia lies battered and bruised, its tranquility shattered by the maelstrom of Cyclone Narelle. …