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Pakistan minister sees climate change link to ‘monster monsoon’

Pakistan’s top climate official blamed climate change for the country’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade, as intense monsoon rains washed away villages and crops, killing more than 900 people since late June.

Schumer lobbies Democrats to back Manchin climate, tax and healthcare deal

Schumer lobbies Democrats to back Manchin climate, tax and healthcare deal

Senate Democrats met behind closed doors to discuss a revived package aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing healthcare costs, a day after Sen. Joe Manchin threw his support behind a deal.
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Republicans focus on effects, not causes, of climate change

Republican governors are confronting rising sea levels and wildfires as concern increases. “We’re not doing any left-wing stuff,” Florida’s Ron DeSantis says.
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Wildfires are hurting California program to fight climate change

Researchers say trees set aside as part of cap-and-trade system are releasing carbon as they burn in fires that are more destructive than regulators had anticipated.
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