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What Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in Indonesia?

April 17, 2024 - 00:30
Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help turn the tide against climate change.
Categories: Climate

Interior Department Rejects Ambler Road Project in Alaska

April 16, 2024 - 17:42
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.
Categories: Climate

Climate Change’s Hidden Costs Are the Most Damaging

April 16, 2024 - 05:02
We need to grapple with the many hidden, little understood, but highly damaging effects of climate change.
Categories: Climate

La mayor crisis mundial de corales ocurrirá en unas semanas, según los científicos

April 15, 2024 - 18:14
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.
Categories: Climate

To Fight Climate Change, We Need New ‘Political Technologies’

April 15, 2024 - 15:00
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

April 15, 2024 - 13:55
Estos aparatos de alta eficiencia son los preferidos del movimiento ecologista en Nueva York. Te explicamos por qué.
Categories: Climate

Al Gore Thinks Trump Will Lose and Climate Activists Will Triumph

April 15, 2024 - 12:27
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

April 15, 2024 - 11:32
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?

April 14, 2024 - 03:00
The highly efficient devices are the darlings of the environmental movement. Here’s why.
Categories: Climate

La nueva realidad mundial del dengue exige encontrar una mejor vacuna

April 13, 2024 - 03:01
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’

April 12, 2024 - 19:06
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

April 12, 2024 - 15:27
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

April 12, 2024 - 14:14
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.
Categories: Climate

Biden Administration Said to Expand Two California National Monuments

April 11, 2024 - 16:13
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

April 11, 2024 - 16:13
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.
Categories: Climate

The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent

April 11, 2024 - 13:44
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.
Categories: Climate

What Can Fiction Tell Us About the Apocalypse?

April 11, 2024 - 05:00
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.
Categories: Climate

Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023

April 10, 2024 - 22:07
The country, along with India, is still building power stations that run on coal. Elsewhere, retirements of older plants have slowed.
Categories: Climate

What Biden and Kishida Agreed To in Their Effort to Bolster Ties

April 10, 2024 - 19:36
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.
Categories: Climate

Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?

April 10, 2024 - 12:51
There have been record temperatures every day for more than a year. Scientists are investigating what’s behind the extraordinary measurements.
Categories: Climate