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Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
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Panama provides a stark warning about climate-induced displacement

I had read the statistics about sea level changes before coming to Panama, but I could not have anticipated their sheer impact in physical terms.

Impacts
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Peter H. Gleick: California flooding has been worse before — and likely will be again

Storms like the ones that began in 1861 could cause worse devastation than an earthquake. We’re not prepared.
Impacts
Lin-Manuel, Luis Miranda: How to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona
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Lin-Manuel, Luis Miranda: How to help Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona

Solving its energy crisis, the effects of climate change and continued migration off the island are essential priorities for both the citizens of this island and the nation of which it is a part.

Causes
Felix Mormann: Texas’s war against ESG investing is ingenious but futile
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Felix Mormann: Texas’s war against ESG investing is ingenious but futile

The state's pension funds have been directed to divest from financial firms such as BlackRock and UBS that supposedly boycott fossil fuels.
Politics
Joanna Nelson: As wildfire threatens giant sequoias, we know what to do to save them
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Joanna Nelson: As wildfire threatens giant sequoias, we know what to do to save them

As these 3,000-year-old trees succumb to fire, we can still intervene if we have faster access to resources.
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John Gaedeke: My cherished Alaskan wilderness faces a threat from mining for green energy
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John Gaedeke: My cherished Alaskan wilderness faces a threat from mining for green energy

A new mining road in Alaska's remote Brooks Range would invite industrial traffic into the backyards of villagers who often don’t even have running water in their homes.
Impacts
Fernanda Santos: Maybe luscious green grass doesn’t belong in a drought-stricken Arizona
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Fernanda Santos: Maybe luscious green grass doesn’t belong in a drought-stricken Arizona

Each golf course in the state — there are 219 of them — uses enough water daily to supply the needs of about 3,100 residents.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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House votes to block California truck emission rules, challenging legal norms

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US Senate votes to ease regulations on toxic air pollution from industry

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Mass exodus of senior staff reshapes federal energy and environmental agencies under Trump

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
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

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Opinion: How leadership shapes our choices on climate change