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Climate change is making allergy season more miserable; here’s how to avoid pollen

Allergy sufferers should start taking medications or reducing their exposure to pollen earlier in the year, said Brooke Lappe, a doctoral student at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Lappe specializes in pollen, climate change and health.

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Climate change will cost Ohio municipalities billions of dollars a year by 2050, Ohio Environmental Center reports

A report by the Ohio Environmental Council estimates that climate change will cost cities and town in Ohio an additional $1.8 billion to $5.9 billion by mid-century.
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Extreme heat leads to calls for the Ohio legislature to develop climate change policies

Oppressive heat, which resulted in the loss of power to hundreds of thousands of Ohioans, has conservationists calling on the Ohio General Assembly to develop climate change policies, saying that more hot days are coming.

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EPA weakens Obama-era wastewater discharge regulations for coal-fired power plants

A statement from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said "newer, more affordable pollution control technologies and flexibility on the regulation’s phase-in will reduce pollution and save jobs at the same time.”
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EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands

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Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

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Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

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EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants