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Hurricane Idalia fueled by ocean warming
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Bill McKibben: Hurricane Idalia’s explosive power comes from abnormally hot oceans

By burning fossil fuels, humans force the oceans to soak up the heat equivalent of a Hiroshima-size bomb, over and over again.
At the Sierra Club, a focus on race, gender, and the environment, too

At the Sierra Club, a focus on race, gender, and the environment, too

A debate about John Muir and racism thrust Ramón Cruz into a new leadership role.
A D.C. area environmental group drops name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indigenous grave robber

A D.C. area environmental group drops name of John Audubon, naturalist who was an enslaver and Indigenous grave robber

The Audubon Naturalist Society is the first of the 11 original Audubon societies to rebuke its namesake and his racist past. “Once you know it, you can’t unknow it,” its director said.
Geoffrey Mohan: Has climate change cut us off from the wilderness in California?

Geoffrey Mohan: Has climate change cut us off from the wilderness in California?

In California, there is no escape from global warming for many of the species affected and none for the species causing the problem.
Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history

Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history

African American and other minority employees are pointing out the lack of diversity in green groups and the racial bias that persists in top and mid-level management.

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