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Airlines need to cut emissions. That will make flying more expensive

The United States has a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. aviation industry by 2050. But meeting that goal is going to be a big challenge.

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04:57Nov 24, 2021

Ending gas cars: An environmentalists' dream that went mainstream

The push to phase out gas cars shows an understanding of the urgency to act on climate change.

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04:19Nov 17, 2021

The sun rises over the low lake level, the result of a six-year drought that has dramatically dropped the level of the reservoir, in Llewellyn Gulch canyon on March 28, 2007 near Page, Arizona. Lake Powell and the next biggest Colorado River reservoir, the nearly 100-year-old Lake Mead, are at the lowest levels ever recorded. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Colorado River Basin to receive much of Western water infrastructure money

Out West, a good chunk of money will go toward upgrading critical water infrastructure in a region where climate change has led to shorter winters, warmer temperatures and drier soil...

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05:42Nov 17, 2021

Workers look out at wind turbines at the Alpha Ventus offshore windpark on April 28, 2010 in the North Sea approximately 70km north of the German coast. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Human rights abuses run rampant in the renewable energy sector, report finds

It's just as common as in the fossil fuel sector, according to the report.

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06:21Nov 17, 2021

After COP26, Washington Post investigation finds flawed climate data

COP26 ended recently without any binding agreements on the cutting of carbon emissions. But a new report by The Washington Post argues that we might be further than ever from...

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09:18Nov 16, 2021

COP26 President Alok Sharma (C) speaks during an informal plenary stocktake on day 14 of COP26 at SECC on Nov. 13, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

COP26 ends with some compromises but mostly disappointments

There were agreements on curbing emissions as well as a blanket call to draw down fossil fuel use.

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05:28Nov 15, 2021

The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

'Our people are watching': Barbados PM's warning about climate change among memorable COP26 speeches

Activists and world leaders have taken the opportunity over the past two weeks to deliver powerful speeches about the future of the planet.

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06:05Nov 12, 2021

A view of the damage after heavy rain and devastating floods in Waverly, Tennessee, in Aug. 2021 (Peter Zay/Getty Images)

Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter future

Like many parts of the world, the Netherlands experienced heavy rainfall this year. But unlike its neighboring countries, it averted disastrous floods.

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10:58Nov 12, 2021

A cross marks one of several Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe burial grounds along Bayou Pointe-au-Chien in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. The cemetery is one of many sacred grounds the local community is trying to save from coastal erosion and sea level rise. (Jessie Wardarski/AP)

Bridging faith and science in the existential struggle against climate change

Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for the Nature Conservancy and a devout Christian, shares how she bridges the divide.

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10:57Nov 12, 2021

The site of the site of Three Mile Creek fire that occurred in 2015 in central Alaska. (Dan Grossman)

Frequency of wildfires in Alaska concerns scientists

There's evidence that the frequency and intensity of burning in that state have increased in recent decades.

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06:02Nov 12, 2021

A dried out lake stands near the Navajo Nation town of Thoreau on June 06, 2019, in Thoreau, New Mexico. Due to disputed water rights and other factors, up to 40% of Navajo Nation households don’t have clean running water and are forced to rely on weekly and daily visits to water pumps. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Forced relocation of Native Americans has made them more vulnerable to climate change, study finds

A study shows how forced relocation of Native Americans in the U.S. has moved them to lands more susceptible to climate change.

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10:46Nov 11, 2021

A cow at Reinford Farms. (Brett Reinford)

For one Pennsylvania farmer, cutting methane emissions helps business

Dairy farmer Brett Reinford first installed methane digesters on his family farm 13 years ago.

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09:26Nov 11, 2021

Glaciers, disappearing at alarming rate, prove no match for global warming

Citizens from around the world have converged on COP26 to beg for leaders to save glaciers.

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11:07Nov 10, 2021

Phoenix — the hottest big city in the U.S. — hires first-ever heat mitigation officer

David Hondula will be charged with lowering urban temperatures to avoid heat-related deaths, which have soared to new records in recent years.

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09:39Nov 10, 2021

Feb. 1, 2020: Fire burns in the grass near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra. (Rick Rycroft/AP/File)

‘Climate denial’ to ‘climate delay’: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp pivots media narrative in Australia

The media tycoon seems to be rethinking his strategy on climate change.

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09:36Nov 9, 2021

Aurora borealis over the remote East Coast of Greenland. Melting ice on the world's largest island is now contributing more to sea level rise than Antarctica and all the world’s glaciers combined. (Scott Badger)

Journalist Porter Fox goes to the coldest places on Earth to explore climate change

"The Last Winter" documents retreating snow and ice around the planet.

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10:48Nov 9, 2021

Exhaust plumes from cooling towers a a coal-fired power station in Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

What's net-zero — and why do we have until 2050 to get there? Climate change questions, answered

As the international climate summit in Glasgow heads into its final week, speeches and headlines are full of buzzwords like net-zero and carbon budget.

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08:51Nov 8, 2021

A school of fish and a sea can in a healthy coral reef off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico on Sept. 26, 2018. (Donald Miralle/Getty Images for Lumix)

How insurance is protecting a coral reef from climate impacts in Mexico

Climate change is forcing the insurance industry to adapt and come up with new products.

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09:37Nov 5, 2021

A woman reads a book in Hyde Park in London, United Kingdom. (Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Novelists illustrate the climate futures that could await us

Authors Kim Stanley Robinson and Omar el-Akkad discuss the responsibility fiction writers have to address the climate crisis.

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10:59Nov 5, 2021

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks to the media during the annual hurricane preparation exercise at the City of Miami's Emergency Operations Center (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on what he hopes to see at COP26

Miami's mayor Francis Suarez is leading a delegation of U.S. mayors at the U.N. climate change conference.

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05:58Nov 5, 2021

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Airlines need to cut emissions. That will make flying more expensive

Ending gas cars: An environmentalists' dream that went mainstream

Colorado River Basin to receive much of Western water infrastructure money

Human rights abuses run rampant in the renewable energy sector, report finds

After COP26, Washington Post investigation finds flawed climate data

COP26 ends with some compromises but mostly disappointments

'Our people are watching': Barbados PM's warning about climate change among memorable COP26 speeches

Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter future

Bridging faith and science in the existential struggle against climate change

Frequency of wildfires in Alaska concerns scientists

Forced relocation of Native Americans has made them more vulnerable to climate change, study finds

For one Pennsylvania farmer, cutting methane emissions helps business

Glaciers, disappearing at alarming rate, prove no match for global warming

Phoenix — the hottest big city in the U.S. — hires first-ever heat mitigation officer

‘Climate denial’ to ‘climate delay’: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp pivots media narrative in Australia

Journalist Porter Fox goes to the coldest places on Earth to explore climate change

What's net-zero — and why do we have until 2050 to get there? Climate change questions, answered

How insurance is protecting a coral reef from climate impacts in Mexico

Novelists illustrate the climate futures that could await us

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on what he hopes to see at COP26