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Climate leaders push for more solar energy by 2030

Prominent climate leaders have called on governments, businesses, institutions, and the public to make a push for solar power before the decade is out, re-powering the world with cheap, clean energy. Is that possible?

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‘Wait for the clock to run out’: Louisiana offshore wind energy leaders look beyond Trump

Trump’s crackdown brought offshore wind development to a near standstill. Louisiana companies are trying to keep the industry alive until the political winds change.
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Mixed start for pre-Cop31 as just two non-Pacific leaders accept Australian invitation to climate summit

Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 United Nations climate summit.

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Today’s children face 84% more extreme fire weather than their grandparents

Climate change drives most of the added extreme fire weather Europe's children face, and faster emissions cuts could spare them over a year.
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Razor-thin race puts Brazil’s gains against Amazon deforestation at stake

Brazil’s upcoming presidential election could reshape the Amazon's future.

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Sea levels on the West Coast to rise by a foot as Kelvin waves hit

Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north.

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Clothes that cool you, warm you — and make power as you move

In a bid to cool people, not rooms, engineers made a printable fabric that turns body motion into electrical signals that switch on cooling and heating when you need it.
Methane cycle diagram, burning fossil fuels, landfills, plant decay in wetlands, melting permafrost, digestive processes in termites and animals.

Gas from thawing Arctic permafrost is changing world's climate future

Scientists warn that thawing permafrost in the Arctic is releasing large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide, adding to global warming.
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‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years

Switzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say.

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Climate change’s compounding pressures on rural North Carolina

Areas like Robeson County face some of the greatest climate risks, but have fewer resources to cope with extreme heat and flooding.
A Chevron gas pump showing a sale of $128.36 for 18.606 gallons

The true cost of Trump's fuel economy rollbacks

Weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers pay higher running costs while increasing planet-heating emissions.

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