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  • Climate

UAE names its oil company chief to lead U.N. climate talks

The United Arab Emirates nominated Sultan al-Jaber, who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts, to be the president of climate negotiations in Dubai.

January 12, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter, but Folsom Reservoir outside of Sacramento, California is using a new strategy to save more water by using weather forecasts.

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  • Climate

Heavy rain is still hitting California. A few reservoirs figured out how to capture more for drought

Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Hurricane Ian caused $112.9 billion dollars and more than 150 deaths when it slammed into south Florida in 2022, making it the costliest climate-fueled disaster in the U.S. last year.

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  • Climate

Extreme weather, fueled by climate change, cost the U.S. $165 billion in 2022

The U.S. endured 18 separate billion-dollar disasters in 2022, highlighting the growing damages of human-caused climate change.

January 11, 2023
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
In this false-color image, the blue and purple show the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5. Earth's ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing.

Tagged as: 

  • Environment

The ozone layer is on track to recover in the coming decades, the United Nations says

The ozone layer is a thin shield in the stratosphere that protects humans and the environment from harmful levels of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

January 10, 2023
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Mayor Andre Dickens

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Atlanta makes international climate leader list

The City of Atlanta has been recognized by CDP as one of 122 cities worldwide taking bold environmental action on climate chage.

January 10, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Rescuers dig a spillway to release flood waters after heavy rainfall in China's northern Shanxi province in 2021. A new report finds that human-caused climate change made the floods about twice as likely.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms

The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous.

January 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Hersher
The British government is set to announce the full details of the single-use plastics ban on Saturday.

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  • Environment

England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own.

January 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on Monday in Windsor, California. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains.

Tagged as: 

  • Weather

Streak of brutal weather continues in California with 2 storms forecast this week

President Biden approved an emergency declaration as parts of California issue evacuation orders and close school districts after intense downpours.

January 09, 2023
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, <em>Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana)</em> (detail), 2018. Hurricane-ravaged wooden electric post with statehood propaganda. Private collection; courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan.

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  • Arts & Life

When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney

The first major exhibit of Puerto Rican art on the mainland in 50 years wrestles with the question: Who is Puerto Rico for?

January 07, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Nurse Katie Leonard uses a kayak to bring supplies to Patsy Costello, 88, as she sits trapped in her vehicle Dec. 31 on Astrid Drive in Pleasant Hill, Calif.. Costello drove her car on the flooded street thinking she could make it, but it stalled in the two feet of water.

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  • Weather

A stubborn La Nina and manmade warming are behind recent wild weather, scientists say

In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out bonkers. Meteorologists are saying it's typical weather weirdness, with a boost from human-caused climate change.

January 05, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A pile of debris from Hurricane Ian rises behind a line of people waiting to vote in Fort Myers, Fla., in November 2022. Research suggests support for some climate policies increases immediately after climate-driven disasters such as Ian.

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  • Climate

How our perception of time shapes our approach to climate change

Climate goals can feel distant. But climate change is happening right now. Speed up the benefits for taking action, psychologists say, if you want leaders and others to pay attention and act.

January 04, 2023
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  • Rebecca Hersher
A plow clears snow after a winter storm rolled through Western New York Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, in Amherst, N.Y.

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  • Weather

How to stay safe using snow removal equipment

Avengers actor Jeremy Renner was in a snow plow accident Sunday and is currently hospitalized. These are some ways to stay safe when removing snow.

January 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Construction apprentices prepare to replace a damaged roof in the town of Toa Baja, P.R. PRoTechos, the nonprofit they work with, was founded to fix the roofs of people who got little or no government help after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.

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  • National

Hurricane-damaged roofs in Puerto Rico remain a problem. One group is offering a fix.

Five years after Hurricane Maria, PRoTechos, a local nonprofit, helps repair damaged roofs the government overlooked or that were fixed poorly. It also trains people to make future repairs themselves.

January 03, 2023
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By:
  • Adrian Florido
The first nacelles onboard a sea energy "jack-up ship," ready for lifting into place on the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, off Whitstable, Kent, England.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

California offshore wind promises a new gold rush while slashing emissions

A federal offshore wind lease auction in December off California's coast promises to kickstart a work boom on the state's northern and central coasts.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • John Upton - Climate Central and
  • Kevin Stark / KQED
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks in Monongahela, Pa. on Sept. 23, 2022. McCarthy unveiled a campaign proposal titled "Commitment to America," which includes Republicans' climate change and energy policy proposals.

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  • Climate

Republicans get a louder voice on climate change as they take over the House

Republicans promise more oversight of billions of dollars meant to address climate change as they prepare to take control of the House. Climate advocates say the U.S. can still meet ambitious goals.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Brady
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