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Is Online Shopping Bad for the Planet?
In theory, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store. But you may still want to think before you add to cart.
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Biden Earth Day Event Will Try to Reach Young Voters, a Crucial Bloc
At a national park in Virginia on Monday, the president will point to investments in clean energy and appear with future members of his American Climate Corps.
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Climate Doom Is Out. ‘Apocalyptic Optimism’ Is In.
Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?
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Trump’s Re-Election Would Be Disastrous for the Climate
The return of Trump to the White House would be disastrous for the planet.
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone
There’s 50 percent more carbon dioxide in the air than before the Industrial Revolution.
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Scotland Made Big Climate Pledges. Now They’re ‘Out of Reach.’
Despite significant progress, Scotland was falling short on cutting vehicle emissions, switching to heat pumps and even restoring peatland, the government said.
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E.P.A. Will Make Polluters Pay to Clean Up Two PFAS Compounds
The step follows an extraordinary move that requires utilities to reduce the levels of carcinogenic PFAS compounds in drinking water to near-zero.
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R.F.K. Jr.’s Environmental Colleagues Urge Him to Drop Presidential Bid
Nearly 50 leaders and activists who worked with Mr. Kennedy at an environmental nonprofit group will run ads calling on him to “Honor our planet, drop out.”
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Inundaciones históricas en Dubái: lo que hay que saber
Las imágenes de una ciudad desértica con tormentas y calles inundadas han conmocionado al mundo y abren un debate sobre la siembra de nubes y el cambio climático.
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Xi Jinping’s Green Leap Forward
He wants China to win the race to provide climate solutions and assume the global leadership that would come with it.
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Satellite Data Reveals Sinking Risk for China’s Cities
Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.
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Heat-Related ER Visits Rose in 2023, CDC Study Finds
As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.
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The Missing $1 Trillion
It’s still unclear how the world will pay for developing nations to fight climate change.
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Dubai’s Extraordinary Flooding: Here’s What to Know
Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud seeding, climate change and designing cities for intensified weather.
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Land Under B.L.M. Management to Get New Protections
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.
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Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa
The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
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Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Pakistani officials warned of more flooding and heavy rainfall next week, stoking fears of a particularly brutal monsoon season to come.
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The Fantasy of Reviving Nuclear Energy
The nuclear industry has a long history of failing to deliver on its promises.
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A Nigerian Chess Master in Times Square
Tunde Onakoya is trying to break a record for the longest chess marathon. And he’s playing his games in the open air in Manhattan.
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What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?
Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.
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