By Mitch Smith
The New York Times
SYRACUSE, Kan.>> This single field, just 160 acres of Kansas dirt, tells the story of a torturous wheat season.
One side is a drought-scorched graveyard for grain that never made it to harvest.
Near the center, combines plod through chest-high weed...
By Coral Davenport
The New York Times
As much of the United States swelters under record heat, Amazon drivers and warehouse workers have gone on strike in part to protest working conditions that can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
On triple-digit days in Orlando, Fla., utility crews are postponing...
By Chris Megerian and Terry Tang
The Associated Press
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.>> Declaring it good “not only for Arizona but for the planet,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed a national monument designation for the greater Grand Canyon, turning the decades-long visions of Nativ...
Now that last month’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.
July’s global average temperature of 16.95 degrees Celsius (62.51 degrees Fahrenheit) was a third of a degree Celsius (si...
By Michael Roberts and Andres Jimenez
Guest Commentary
The Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision in Arizona vs. Navajo Nation continues a legacy of restricted water access for Indigenous peoples and limits their access to abundant drinking water, clean drinking water, and adequately treated resident...
Federal listing decision looms as snowy habitat shrinks
By Elise Schmelzer
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The mountain devil can cross hundreds of miles of rough alpine terrain, tear into an elk carcass frozen for weeks and fend off predators several times larger than its 40-pound frame.
And the elus...
By Lisa Friedman
The New York Times
During a summer of scorching heat that has broken records and forced Americans to confront the reality of climate change, conservatives are laying the groundwork for a 2024 Republican administration that...
By Stanley Reed
The New York Times
HAIFA, Israel>> Six miles off the coast of Israel, beyond the brightly colored sails of wind surfers, an ungainly steel structure looms above the blue Mediterranean.
This 200-foot-tall stack of living quarters, tanks and pipes regulates and processes a tor...
By Tom Krisher
The Associated Press
DETROIT>> The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough.
The Environmental Protection Agency in April ...
By Neal E. Boudette
The New York Times
General Motors is investing tens of billions of dollars to produce new electric vehicles and, it hopes, catch up to Tesla.
But those ambitious goals appear distant. This year, the company is struggling to produce a new electric car battery pack meant for the...
By Elise Schmelzer
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Colorado’s reprieve from drought lasted two weeks as warm temperatures and little precipitation have put the southwest corner of the state back to dry conditions.
The U.S. Drought Monitor last week reported that 20% of the state is back in drought, jus...
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds. Researchers say the deadly hot spells in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not ...
By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upst...
I want to share an exciting update about our work with you, carol.
More than 15 years ago, former US Vice President Al Gore founded The Climate Reality Project to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every sector of society.
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“Forever chemicals” flowing from Suncor into Sand Creek spike as Colorado weighs renewal of key water-quality permit
Environmentalists call on state to stop allowing Commerce City refinery to discharge PFAS chemicals into waterways
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By Dana G. Smith
The New York Times
We are experiencing the hottest days in history. Heat waves have blanketed the Northern Hemisphere this week, with temperatures reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit on three continents.
Extreme heat can be deadly for anyone, but olde...
By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few mi...
By Leah Willingham and Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va.>> A half-century ago, the nation’s top health experts urged the federal agency in charge of mine safety to adopt strict rules protecting miners from poisonous rock dust.
The inaction since — fueled by denials and lob...
Vegans produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions, research says Oxford research says vegans produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions
By Cara Buckley
The New York Times
People who follow a plant-based diet account for 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than those who eat more than 3.5 ounces of meat a ...
  
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
The summer of 2023 is behaving like a broken record about broken records.
Nearly every major climate-tracking organization proclaimed June the hottest June ever. Then July 4 became the globe’s hottest day, albeit uno...
