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After a Record-Hot Summer, Thinking About Climate Peril

September 14, 2024 - 08:16
We often focus on doomsday scenarios, but we shouldn’t let them distract us from other consequences of climate change like impaired learning, crime, suicide — even slipping off ladders.
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New York Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Why Do Buyers Take the Risk?

September 14, 2024 - 03:00
New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.
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U.K. to Fund ‘Small-Scale’ Outdoor Geoengineering Tests

September 13, 2024 - 10:51
As climate change continues unabated, the goal is to examine technologies that could artificially cool the Earth “responsibly and ethically.”
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Climate Lawsuits Are Exploding. Are Homicide Charges Next?

September 12, 2024 - 15:44
The courts have become one of the most important battlegrounds in the fight over planet-warming emissions. Here are prominent cases to watch.
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Is Inequality the Key to the Climate Change Debate?

September 12, 2024 - 14:15
In his new book, the economist Thomas Piketty argues that the world can’t stop climate change without addressing issues of inequality.
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U.S.G.S. Map Shows Detailed Landslide Risk

September 12, 2024 - 12:01
A new federal database helps users determine the likelihood of their community experiencing a landslide.
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Youth Group Asks Supreme Court to Revive a Landmark Climate Lawsuit

September 12, 2024 - 10:34
The case argues the government violated young people’s constitutional rights by failing to curb the use of fossil fuels. A lower court had thrown it out.
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Offshore Wind Slowed by Broken Blades, Rising Costs and Angry Fishermen

September 12, 2024 - 09:49
Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals.
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4 Climbers Are Found Dead on Mont Blanc in the French Alps

September 11, 2024 - 15:36
The climbers from Italy and South Korea were found on Tuesday after they went missing three days earlier during a period of bad weather on the peak.
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How Trump and Harris Talked About Climate Change During the Debate

September 11, 2024 - 10:58
Vice President Kamala Harris nodded to the urgency of climate change but also highlighted the country’s record levels of oil and gas production.
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Republican Science Denial Has Nasty Real-World Consequences

September 11, 2024 - 05:04
A substantial number of Republican voters are losing faith in science.
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Trump Is, Was and Would Be a Gift to China

September 11, 2024 - 05:03
With Trump once again in the Oval Office, America would be at risk of falling even further behind China in industrial competitiveness.
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K-Cup Pods Aren’t Recyclable, S.E.C. Says

September 10, 2024 - 16:01
The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.
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5 Climate Questions for the Candidates Ahead of the Presidential Debate

September 10, 2024 - 13:23
Here’s what the Times climate team would ask Harris and Trump about climate change, energy policy and the environment.
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Where Trump and Harris Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration

September 10, 2024 - 11:21
Here’s what Vice President Harris and former President Donald J. Trump have done and want to do on abortion, democracy, the economy, immigration, Israel and Gaza, and Social Security and Medicare.
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The Trade-Off for Mountain Tranquillity in California? Increasing Fire Risk.

September 9, 2024 - 20:04
Many Southern Californians have moved to San Bernardino County for more affordable homes and calmer lifestyles, but some also face disaster risks.
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7 Takeaways From the Seemingly Endless Fire Season

September 9, 2024 - 18:36
While the Line fire burns in Southern California, what can we learn from how a changing climate has affected an expanding fire season?
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Raising Kids in the Shadow of Doom

September 8, 2024 - 06:00
My instinct to minimize what is happening in much of the world was robbing my sons of a sense of urgency that demands their attention.
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Kuwait Turns to Power Cuts as Climate Change Strains Its Grid

September 8, 2024 - 00:01
The Persian Gulf nation has instituted rolling blackouts to cope with surging summer electricity demand, stirring frustration among citizens.
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Mr. Greedy, an African Penguin With 230 Descendants, Dies at 33

September 7, 2024 - 18:26
An African penguin who left many offspring in his long life, he belonged to the largest colony of the aquatic bird species in North America, according to the zoo.
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