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Carbon Calculators Empower Greener Cities

Simulators Help Urban Planners Prioritize Climate Action The cost of inaction and procrastination has made our fight against climate change an uphill battle. To keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius,...

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Electric Vehicles Gaining Momentum

Solar Power Reduces Carbon Footprint It’s estimated that there are more than 1 billion cars on the world’s roads. Of these, around 3 million are pure battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric...

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Italy Adds Environmental Protections To Constitution

Economic Activities Must Not Damage Public Health, Environment Italy is known for its natural beauty and history, but environmentalists say it doesn’t do enough to protect natural wonders, such as the...

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Climate Change Threatens Hazardous Chemical Facilities

Wastewater Treatment Plants A Severe Risk To Public Health Nearly one third of the hazardous chemical facilities in the United States are at risk from climate-driven floods, storms and wildfires,...

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Polluted Rivers Dumping Garbage Into Oceans

Mr. Trash Wheel Cleaning Up Rivers Rivers dump approximately eight million metric tons of plastic into the world’s oceans each year. It’s killing entire ecosystems, including many endangered species....

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Most People Have Harmful PFAS In Blood

San Diego Suing Chemical Companies To Safeguard Water Supplies Thanks to a massive chemistry experiment that has gone horribly wrong, most people in the United States, and likely the world, have a...

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Climate Change Threatens Lake Michigan’s Shoreline Communities

Industrial Facilities, Contaminated Sites Face Flooding According to a new report, more than 200 shoreline communities around Lake Michigan are at risk from high lake levels and strong storms that...

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California Bracing For Historic Flooding

Drought, Wildfires Fueling Flood Risks California has been adjusting to the new normal of drought across the American West for years. It’s also bracing for the most dangerous flood threat in modern...

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Droughts, Fires, Floods Taking Homes From Millions

Food, Water, Health Also Threatened By John Podesta, Founder and Director, The Center For American Progress In 2018, the World Bank estimated that three regions (Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and...

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Heat Records Falling At A Record Pace

Global Warming Fueling Global Catastrophes July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. It will likely become the new normal and one that will not retreat for centuries—if ever. According to...

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Cities Expanding Urban Forests To Fight Global Warming

Trees Can Defend Cities From Extreme Weather Cities are home to about 50 percent of the world’s population, but cities generate 80 percent of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, not to mention other forms...

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Jakarta The Fastest-Sinking City In The World

Indonesia Relocating Nation’s Capital To Kalimantan Indonesia is relocating its capital to a new location in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. Jakarta is facing several challenges, but rising...

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Will 2024 Shatter More Heat Records?

Climates Changing Around The World 2023 was a landmark year for global heat, shattering previous records and highlighting the accelerating pace of global warming and climate change. The trend is...

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Global Demand For Electricity Soaring

More Power Needed For Data Centers, Electric Vehicles and Emerging Economies Electricity is central to the functioning of modern societies and economies. Unfortunately, power generation is the largest...

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PFAS, Neurotoxins Threaten Homeland Security

EPA, Others Misrepresented Health Risks Of Sewage Sludge The terrorist attacks of 911 reminded Americans of the importance of defending U.S. soil from all threats–foreign and domestic. Since then,...

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