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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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Interior Department Rejects Ambler Road Project in Alaska
A mining company wants to build a 211-mile industrial road through Alaskan wilderness to reach a large copper deposit. The Interior Department says it would harm wildlife and communities.
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Climate Change’s Hidden Costs Are the Most Damaging
We need to grapple with the many hidden, little understood, but highly damaging effects of climate change.
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La mayor crisis mundial de corales ocurrirá en unas semanas, según los científicos
El aumento de la temperatura del mar en todo el mundo ha provocado un fenómeno de blanqueamiento que se prevé será el más grande jamás registrado.
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To Fight Climate Change, We Need New ‘Political Technologies’
Our institutions are bad at solving “long problems,” but they don’t need to be.
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Bombas de calor: las claves de un aparato de alta eficiencia
Estos aparatos de alta eficiencia son los preferidos del movimiento ecologista en Nueva York. Te explicamos por qué.
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Al Gore Thinks Trump Will Lose and Climate Activists Will Triumph
Mr. Gore spoke at a climate leadership conference hosted by his nonprofit organization.
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Scientists Predict Most Extensive Coral Bleaching Event on Record
Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.
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What Are Heat Pumps, and How Do They Work?
The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.
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La nueva realidad mundial del dengue exige encontrar una mejor vacuna
Los gobiernos de América Latina han confirmado más de 3,5 millones de casos de dengue en los tres primeros meses de 2024, frente a los 4,5 millones de todo 2023. Es una advertencia de un panorama cambiante para la enfermedad.
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‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’
From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.
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Royalties for Drilling on Public Lands to Increase
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.
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What to Know About the Rate Increases for Drilling on Public Lands
The fossil fuel industry says higher rates will harm the economy. The administration says they will pay for the environmental costs of drilling and mining.
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Biden Administration Said to Expand Two California National Monuments
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument are expected to grow by a combined total of about 130,000 acres.
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Biden Administration Said to Expand Two California National Monuments
The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument are expected to grow by a combined total of about 130,000 acres.
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The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.
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What Can Fiction Tell Us About the Apocalypse?
What can fiction tell us about the apocalypse? Ayana Mathis finds unexpected hope in novels of crisis by Ling Ma, Jenny Offill and Jesmyn Ward.
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Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
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What Biden and Kishida Agreed To in Their Effort to Bolster Ties
As they look to contain an increasingly aggressive China, the United States and Japan announced dozens of new agreements, including on military, economic, climate and space matters.
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Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?
There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.
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