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A volunteer carries a cardboard cutout of mountain lion P-22 during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills, Calif., in April.

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  • Animals

The legacy of Hollywood mountain lion P-22 lives on in wildlife conservation efforts

Beloved Hollywood mountain lion P-22 was euthanized over the weekend due to health issues. His story highlights both the plight of urban wildlife and groundbreaking efforts to protect it.

December 22, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Two regional utilities, Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light, hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix paid six news sites that attacked officials who challenged the companies.

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  • Media

In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik,
  • Mario Ariza,
  • and 1 more
Tree health specialists scan forests, looking for fir trees that have turned red, which indicates that they are dead.

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  • Environment

A record high number of dead trees are found as Oregon copes with an extreme drought

Wildfires and a Western megadrought led to a historic die-off of evergreen trees in the state — nearly twice as bad as the previous worst year. Some researchers have dubbed it "firmageddon."

December 20, 2022
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The head table gets set to open the high level segment at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal on Dec. 15, 2022.

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  • Climate

Negotiators at a U.N. biodiversity conference reach a historic deal to protect nature

The most significant part of the U.N. pact is a commitment to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030, up from 17% of terrestrial and 10% of marine areas.

December 19, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
In this photo taken by a drone on Dec. 9, cleanup continues in the area where the ruptured Keystone pipeline dumped oil into a creek in Washington County, Kan.

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  • Climate

The Keystone pipeline leaked in Kansas. What makes this spill so bad?

The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.

December 17, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The commission that regulates California's utilities decided to cut a key incentive for rooftop solar. That move has climate activists worried.

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  • Climate

California plans to cut incentives for home solar, worrying environmentalists

California regulators voted to reduce financial incentives for people considering rooftop solar. Climate activists worry that this will undercut greater adoption of solar in the state and nationwide.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Julia Simon
Water scarcity in Westlands Water District has caused some almond growers to tear out their older orchards.

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  • Climate

Some of America's biggest vegetable growers fought for water. Then the water ran out

For years, powerful farmers in California's Central Valley fought for more water from the state's rivers. Now some are changing course, because there's no more water to be found.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Dan Charles
The transportation sector makes up <a href="https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-greenhouse-gas-emissions" data-key="305">27% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions</a>. Of that percentage, medium and heavy duty trucks — everything from delivery vans to big rigs –- make up 26% according to an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions by the EPA.

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  • Climate

Truck makers lobby to weaken U.S. climate policies, report finds

A new report finds that truck manufacturers and an industry trade group privately lobbied to weaken U.S. climate policies while publicly promoting zero-emissions trucks.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Klivans
Deforestation is a major threat to the survival of orangutan. Here a baby sumatran orangutan plays around in a tree as they train at Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme's rehabilitation center in Indonesia.

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  • Environment

A UN biodiversity convention aims to slow humanity's 'war with nature'

Delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathering in Canada to try to fix humanity's relationship with nature. The convention comes during an emerging extinction crisis.

December 07, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott
To close America's remaining coal plants, many industry analysts believe the country needs natural gas to ensure reliable energy supplies until cleaner options like battery storage are widely available.

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  • Climate

The U.S. wants to slash carbon emissions from power plants. Natural gas is in the way

Despite climate targets set by the Biden administration and corporate executives, the U.S. is still building new natural gas plants that threaten to cause greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.

December 05, 2022
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Brahim Sakine?

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  • Africa

A new kind of climate refugee is emerging

They flee their homes not solely because of climatic changes that make it difficult to earn a living but also because of violence sparked by the competition for dwindling resources.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Willem Marx
This photo from 2019 provided by the U.S. Air Force/Alaska National Guard photo shows how closely the village of Napakiak, Alaska is at risk of severe erosion by the nearby Kuskokwim River.

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  • Climate

3 tribes dealing with the toll of climate change get $75 million to relocate

The Biden administration gave $75 million in aid to the three communities in Alaska and Washington. Eight other Tribal communities received an additional $40 million.

December 02, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Project developers plan to build carbon capture pipelines connecting dozens of Midwestern ethanol refineries, such as this one in Chancellor, S.D., shown on July 22, 2021.

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  • Climate

EPA seeks to mandate more use of ethanol and other biofuels

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed increasing the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the nation's fuel supplies over the next three years.

December 01, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Weather forecasters are warning of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across parts of the South.

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  • Weather

Strong thunderstorms and tornadoes are moving through parts of the South

Weather forecasters are warning of the potential for strong thunderstorms and tornadoes across a wide swath of the South Wednesday, including across Mississippi, Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.

November 30, 2022
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By:
  • James Doubek
Kevin Davenport, an aquarist and coral biologist, feeds krill to growing corals in a warehouse for growing and rehabilitating coral populations in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 13.

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  • National

Here is what scientists are doing to save Florida's coral reef before it's too late

Florida's barrier reef has lost 95% of its coral over the last half-century. Researchers, activists and government agencies are working to restore the reefs and ensure their long-term survival.

November 29, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Allen
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