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Journey to the world's southernmost tree

Where on this warming planet, you ask, is the southernmost tree? Look no further: National Geographic sent a team to hunt it down.
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Parrish Medical Center earns gold sustainability award in Titusville

Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, Florida earned a gold environmental award after reducing medical waste and carbon emissions.

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Turning compliance into a catalyst for healthcare sustainability

With hospitals generating an average of 29 pounds of waste per bed each day, how that waste is managed carries serious environmental, operational, and public health implications.

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Patients weigh in: The value of healthcare environmental stewardship to patient experience

Human health relies on a healthy planet, yet the healthcare sector has a substantial negative impact on the environment.

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Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak

For more than a century, the world has run on coal, then last year, it lost the lead.

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‘Suicidal’ model of capitalism leading to war and fascism, climate summit told

Colombia president Gustavo Petro tells delegates at 57-country talks on a green energy transition that fossil fuel interests could destroy humanity.

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Oil industry’s Supreme Court win spills into climate lawsuits

The justices sided with fossil fuel companies facing coastal erosion lawsuits in Louisiana. The ruling could complicate their fight against financial responsibility for climate change.

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Extreme weather and green energy on the rise in Europe

Europe's climate extremes have hit new highs — but renewables are now supplying nearly half of the continent's electricity.
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Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have violated pollution laws are seeking permit renewals

One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.

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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”

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Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

Regulators are underestimating health impacts from air pollution: Study

"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”

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Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro speaks with the state flag and American flag behind him.

Two years into his term, has Gov. Shapiro kept his promises to regulate Pennsylvania’s fracking industry?

A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”

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New evidence links heavy metal pollution with wildfire retardants

“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.

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