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New IPCC climate report stresses Indigenous & local land rights 58 times: let’s respond with a concrete tenure plan.

The latest IPCC climate report mentions tenure security a whopping 58 times. This is a welcome shift in emphasis from the UN – strengthening land rights is a just and sustainable way to protect vulnerable landscapes in the climate fight, and one that works. By the report’s own estimate, time is almost up. As we […]
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Data center Project Jupiter’s greenhouse gas emissions could rival NM’s largest cities

Developers of Project Jupiter are seeking state approval for emissions that could surpass the combined greenhouse gases of Albuquerque and Las Cruces, while advocates warn the split-permit approach skirts regulations meant to limit major air pollution sources.

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From extreme heat to poor mental health: How climate change is harming the workplace

Experts warn rising extreme heat is boosting global worker health risks, cutting productivity, and worsening safety under climate change.

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Blown away: The wind turbine project caught in a Trump battle

A new episode of Stories From The States examines how the Trump administration’s abrupt halt of the nearly finished Revolution Wind project rattled union workers along the New England coast and threatened Rhode Island and Connecticut’s decarbonization plans.

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‘Divide and conquer’: Inside the oil and gas strategy to thwart EU green laws

Major U.S. fossil fuel companies, working through PR firm Teneo, coordinated an aggressive campaign to dilute the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive by aligning decision makers with far-right factions and leveraging U.S.–EU trade tensions.

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Ocean microplastics mess up carbon cycle understanding

Microplastics mixed into ocean samples can make plastic-derived carbon appear indistinguishable from natural organic matter, potentially distorting long-standing assessments of the marine carbon cycle and climate models built on those data.

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‘Renewable’ no more: The Trump administration renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Golden, Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar and other renewable energy research.

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Al Gore's case for optimism

Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
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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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