31 May 2018

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

Douglas Fischer

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

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Feds increasingly leave local governments hanging when climate disasters hit, report finds

The U.S. federal government is increasingly failing to provide local communities assistance after climate change fueled disasters.

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Interactive map predicts climate-driven farm decline by end of century

A team in Barcelona has developed a platform that forecasts how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100.

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New leader of major US climate program doesn’t believe the science

Trump just put a climate denier in charge of overseeing a key report.

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Opinion: Why Oregon needs a strong Climate Protection Program

Sky-high energy bills. Record-breaking wildfires. Air too toxic to breathe. Oregonians are already paying the price for pollution from large corporations, which is fueling climate disasters and extreme weather.

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Is the EU about to give the meat industry a pass on methane emissions?

Calling it “biogenic methane” is a red flag for climate scientists.

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Google buys power from record-busting solar-battery site in Arkansas

Developer Cypress Creek has broken ground on the project, which will eventually deliver 2.5 gigawatts of solar production and 2.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage.

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