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This historically dry, hot year is wreaking havoc across the U.S.

In the Great Plains, widespread drought has dried up water supplies, decimated crop harvests and left cattle with no grass to eat.

Floating wind farms off California to create more renewable energy sources

Dozens of energy companies are bidding for the right to build and operate floating wind farms off the coast of Morro Bay.

Making the holidays greener — and cheaper — by reducing trash, toxins and waste

Americans toss out about 25% more garbage during the holidays.

Why eucalyptus overgrowth spurs wildfires in Portugal

Five years ago, Portugal's biggest wildfires to date engulfed the country's center.

How California plans to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045

California released a plan Wednesday to reduce the state's dependence on fossil fuels.

War in Ukraine gives country's scientists platform at COP27

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is raising the profile of Ukrainian scientists and activists at COP27, the international climate conference in Egypt.

Biden addresses climate summit

President Biden just finished addressing the climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, where he was expected to do a victory lap following his administration’s $370 billion clean energy bill.

Environmental reporters share the biggest climate issues impacting Brazil, Nigeria, Pakistan

It's no question that climate change is an urgent issue affecting the entire world. Still, journalists continue to face challenges in helping people understand the climate crisis facing their local...

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10:54Nov 10, 2022

Developing countries intensify calls for climate reparations at COP27

Poorer countries suffer the brunt of floods, fires and hurricanes, but contribute far less of the carbon in the atmosphere that triggers those events.

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05:52Nov 9, 2022

What's happening at COP27 so far?

The global climate summit COP27 began Sunday, with leaders gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to make decisions on how to tackle climate change.

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05:43Nov 8, 2022

Recycled plastic bottles. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Only 5% to 6% of U.S. plastics get recycled, new Greenpeace report finds

The organization calls for the petrochemical industry to end the plastic recycling narrative that places the blame for pollution on the consumer rather than the industry itself.

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05:57Nov 2, 2022

Along I-85 in West Georgia, previously vacant land now hosts 2,600 solar panels generating one megawatt of electricity, enough to power about 100 homes. (Courtesy of Emily Jones)

A Georgia group helps states put solar panels on unused roadside land

Emily Jones of WABE visited the 18-mile Ray Highway in Georgia, where a solar array powers 100 homes.

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04:10Nov 2, 2022

A man takes a drink of water. (Darren England/Getty Images).

This California town is about to run out of water

The Central Valley city of Coalinga, California, is on the verge of running out of water unless provided help soon.

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05:45Oct 21, 2022

Myrtle Felton, from left, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf and Rita Cooper, members of RISE St. James, conduct a live stream video on property owned by Formosa on March 11, 2020, in St. James Parish, La. The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of cancer from a nearby chemical plant and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat. (Gerald Herbert/AP)

New head of EPA office of environmental justice says they're putting civil rights into agency's DNA

Will the agency succeed where prior administrations and initiatives fell short?

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07:00Oct 18, 2022

Bob and Georgene Bond's property on Lake Priest. (Bob and Georgene Bond)

Dr. Bob Bond grew up going to Priest Lake, the remote Idaho wetlands at center of Supreme Court case

Dr. Bob Bond has been coming to the lake since 1939 shortly after he was born. His Dad built a cabin there, not on wetlands, where Bond and his wife...

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06:03Oct 3, 2022

How the 'Inherited' podcast helps us think imaginatively about the climate crisis

"Inherited" is a podcast about the climate crisis as told by young people.

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10:42Sep 21, 2022

A Patagonia store in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Billionaire Patagonia founder gives away company to fight climate change

Estimated to be worth $3 billion, Patagonia will be given to a specially-designed trust and a nonprofit organization to ensure all profits — about $100 million a year — are...

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03:42Sep 15, 2022

The Bobcat Fire continues to burn through the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, north of Azusa, California, Sept. 17, 2020. (Kyle Grillot /AFP via Getty Images)

Prescribed burns can resume, but new rules make the fire management practice tricky

New restrictions on how crews can carry out controlled fires could limit the practice at a time when some experts say it's needed most.

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04:21Sep 13, 2022

The wreckage of a WWII German warship is seen in the Danube river near Prahovo, Serbia, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The worst drought in Europe in decades has not only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten. The hulks of dozens of German battleships have emerged from the mighty Danube River as its water levels dropped. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)v

Climate change is exposing ancient artifacts. Space age technology is helping save them

With the new discoveries, archaeologists are talking about the safest and most ethical ways to preserve and study them.

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09:38Sep 6, 2022

Climate bill boosts investments in carbon capture

Wil Burns, visiting professor at Northwestern University, talks about why the climate bill might struggle to deliver on carbon capture.

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09:32Sep 2, 2022

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This historically dry, hot year is wreaking havoc across the U.S.

Floating wind farms off California to create more renewable energy sources

Making the holidays greener — and cheaper — by reducing trash, toxins and waste

Why eucalyptus overgrowth spurs wildfires in Portugal

How California plans to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045

War in Ukraine gives country's scientists platform at COP27

Biden addresses climate summit

Environmental reporters share the biggest climate issues impacting Brazil, Nigeria, Pakistan

Developing countries intensify calls for climate reparations at COP27

What's happening at COP27 so far?

Only 5% to 6% of U.S. plastics get recycled, new Greenpeace report finds

A Georgia group helps states put solar panels on unused roadside land

This California town is about to run out of water

New head of EPA office of environmental justice says they're putting civil rights into agency's DNA

Dr. Bob Bond grew up going to Priest Lake, the remote Idaho wetlands at center of Supreme Court case

How the 'Inherited' podcast helps us think imaginatively about the climate crisis

Billionaire Patagonia founder gives away company to fight climate change

Prescribed burns can resume, but new rules make the fire management practice tricky

Climate change is exposing ancient artifacts. Space age technology is helping save them

Climate bill boosts investments in carbon capture