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Nebraskans couldn’t escape the heat this summer — not even at night (opens the original)
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In Omaha, Nebraska, during the recent early September heat wave when temps hit the mid-90s Fahrenheit and lows stayed in the 70s, Pat Wilson-Johnson came to the Salvation Army’s North Corps Community Center for lunch.The location functions as a cooling center during high heat days. From growing up in Omaha, Wilson-Johnson remembers cool summer nights when she could let the breeze in through an open window. Now, she said, that just lets in the humidity. “Nine o’clock at night, it’s still 90, 91 d
Gray whales are starving as the Arctic warms. Will the US protect them? (opens the original)
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Several hundred scientists, government officials, and environmentalists gathered for an unusual two-day conference in Newport, Oregon, last week, entirely focused on a single species: gray whales. It was an urgent meeting. The number of gray whales along the U.S. West Coast has recently plummeted by the thousands, falling by half in the last decade. The leading theory is that climate change has been causing the whale’s food source in the Arctic to dwindle. And the situation seems to be getting w
Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda (opens the original)
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Coal is by far the dirtiest of the world’s major energy sources. It accounts for almost half of the cumulative global carbon emissions since the industrial era began — as much as oil and natural gas combined. And it generates much more carbon dioxide per unit of energy than either oil or gas. Most climate experts agree that phasing out coal power is the single biggest change the world could make to slow down global warming. For almost twenty years, the United States has whipsawed on the question
Brad Racino, Floodlight, Author at Grist (opens the original)
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Across much of the U.S., people have little way to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades, federal funding for public air monitoring has declined, the number of monitors has fallen, and much of the remaining equipment is aging or located far from major polluters. Now, the stakes are rising: Wildfire smoke is reaching more communities, data centers are adding pollution, and climate-driven heat waves are worsening ozone levels. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has
America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters. (opens the original)
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Across much of the U.S., people have little way to know when the air they breathe turns dangerous. Over recent decades, federal funding for public air monitoring has declined, the number of monitors has fallen, and much of the remaining equipment is aging or located far from major polluters. Now, the stakes are rising: Wildfire smoke is reaching more communities, data centers are adding pollution, and climate-driven heat waves are worsening ozone levels. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has
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