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Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California

Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.

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What Yosemite looks like in 2100 with climate change

How is climate change affecting some of the park’s premier attractions — for instance, the firefall event? And how will climate change impact the environments within the park, the creatures who live there and the visitor experience? Will it eventually strip Yosemite of its awe-inspiring beauty?

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Officials pull ‘emergency lever’ as Lake Powell plunges to new low

The West's second-largest reservoir could be at risk of losing the ability to generate hydropower as officials rush to fill it.

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Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California

What Yosemite looks like in 2100 with climate change

Officials pull ‘emergency lever’ as Lake Powell plunges to new low

Western U.S. may be entering its most severe drought in modern history

Climate scientists on Earth's two futures

Rural opposition to solar energy influenced by local history and landscape concerns

Nuclear plants gain new life as AI demand for energy rises

Tech giants bring economic growth but strain resources in drought-prone Mexican state

Federal tax subsidies for carbon capture raise verification concerns

As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding

Congress passed funding bill without disaster aid despite looming hurricane

Alaska Native community moves to escape climate-driven permafrost loss