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Pakistan’s 'shocking' spring heat drives up water use, health risks

"Temperatures we used to record in June and July are now being recorded in March," Pakistan's weather agency says.

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How climate change is messing with your blood

Our blood chemistry is changing as carbon emissions rise, according to a new study.

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Notes from Illinois’ virtual power plant frontier

Solrite is the latest energy services company to venture into Illinois, a sign of how quickly a new state law has jump-started the market.

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Lobsters and acidic seas: Can shellfish help neutralize one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more carbon dioxide, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.

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How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

Publishers acceded to Florida's requests, watering down information on climate change’s impact; now the state has turned to updating its science standards.

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As litigation looms and drought takes its toll, state officials defiant over Colorado River's future

Years of negotiations between Colorado and six other Colorado River Basin states have failed to produce a new agreement on water allocations.
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A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump’s next climate rollback

“EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer.
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Trashed solar panels will be a treasure worth up to $1 trillion

A huge new study charted 1,708 recycling scenarios across 32 regions and found a way to turn a looming waste crisis into a circular-economy windfall.
Read the Full Article on www.anthropocenemagazine.org
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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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