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A small town in Oregon is trying to keep its residents from leaving after wildfires

4:31pm January 14, 2022

by Katia Riddle

Talent, Ore., is trying to prevent an exodus of residents after recent wildfires. The city is providing temporary trailers and other services to keep families from abandoning the small town.

To survive climate change, plants can't just get up and move

6:32am January 14, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

As the climate gets hotter, plants may need to grow in new locations to survive. But the animals that help spread the seeds are disappearing.

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2021 was a hot year in a concerningly hot decade, report finds

5:22pm January 13, 2022

by Lauren Sommer

A new climate report finds that 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record. The past decade has also been the hottest since record-keeping began.

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The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, are seen behind a home in Orlando.

In Orlando, a mountain of coal ash evades EPA rules. It's not the only one.

9:43am January 12, 2022

Environmentalists want Biden's Environmental Protection Agency to aggressively regulate huge piles of toxic coal ash across the nation. The waste has polluted groundwater in 39 states.

Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns

7:07am January 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

Survey of 1,000 experts and leaders finds cybersecurity and space add to the existing challenges of climate change and the coronavirus pandemic.

Climeworks factory with it's fans in front of the collector, drawing in ambient air and release it, as largely purified CO2 through ventilators at the back is seen at the Hellisheidi power plant near Reykjavik on October 11, 2021.

As carbon removal gains traction, economists imagine a new market to save the planet

6:30am January 11, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

Carbon removal went mainstream in 2021. But the technology is still light years away from making a real difference combating climate change. A group of economists wants to help change that.

Citizen scientists help to document changes to lake ice in the northern U.S.

5:15am January 11, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

Climate change has contributed to a loss of ice on northern lakes and ponds, and that has consequences for local ecosystems. In the 1980s, a lake researcher needed volunteers to help collect data.

Trucks cross the Vincent Thomas Bridge above a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2021. Transportation, particularly for moving freight to meet high demand for consumer products, saw the steepest increase in climate-warming emissions in

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals

5:07pm January 10, 2022

The spike was attributed to a slew of causes, including behavior changes after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, but environmental advocates say it's worrisome.

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Rising sea levels threaten affordable housing

5:09pm January 09, 2022

by Sam Turken

Lots of low-income and public housing is threatened by rising seas. Losing those units will make the affordable housing crisis even worse, and put more people at risk of homelessness.

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Lahore, Pakistan, is locking down to improve air quality

11:08am January 09, 2022

by Fatma Tanis

Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, tops the world's most polluted city list, along with India's New Delhi. Poor air quality has prompted the government to order a partial shutdown of schools.

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