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Opinion: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s climate change playbook — deny the science, take the funding

It took no time for Mike Johnson to establish a hefty carbon footprint as new Speaker of the House.

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Senator Whitehouse puts climate change on budget committee’s agenda

For more than a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gave daily warnings about the mounting threat of climate change. Now he has a powerful new perch.
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LISTEN: Ebony Martin on merging labor, voting and environmental rights

Ebony Martin joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss how Greenpeace has expanded its focus on voting and labor rights, peaceful dissent and protest, and free speech rights to push for environmental progress and justice.

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WTF is the ‘Global Stocktake’? We explain the ‘heart’ of COP28

Confused about the term COP delegates keep throwing around? We’ve got you covered. Hint: It’s critical to the future of humanity.
‘No climate justice without peace’: Gaza becomes flashpoint for climate activists

‘No climate justice without peace’: Gaza becomes flashpoint for climate activists

Many in the global movement are divided on whether or how to take a stand on the conflict.

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What is anyone really doing at COP?

The UN climate summit is the one place the countries suffering most from climate change can face down the countries causing it.
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In France, zero-waste experiments tackle a tough problem: People's habits

Local initiatives in Roubaix and Nouvelle-Aquitaine try different strategies for waste reduction — and behavior change.
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New Mexico looks to address increasing aridity with brackish and produced water. Experts are 'skeptical'

The Southwestern state announced Tuesday that it would spend $500 million on salty water from deep underground and wastewater from oil and gas production as a solution to its shortage.
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‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners

The arrival of summer in Delhi is the “beginning of hell”. As temperatures in cramped, densely populated Delhi often soar above 45C (113F), inhabitants dreams of only one thing: air conditioning.

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Government, farmers working together achieve historic reductions in ag emissions

Agricultural vehicles, including tractors and harvesters, have contributed to the San Joaquin Valley's gargantuan air problem. Now they're also part of the solution.

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The winners and losers of a changing Potomac River

If we want to understand how a changing climate is impacting the Potomac River, researchers think we should look to the people, the drinking water supply — and the fish.
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As Churchill waits for ice, more polar bears come into town

Climate change and El Niño conditions have a unique consequence for northern communities: polar bears — the largest land predator on the planet — are encountering people more often as they follow their noses to find food.

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