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News Articles: climate

Zurich is expanding its district heating system, which delivers hot water and steam through underground pipes. With more buildings relying on this system for heat, there's less demand for natural gas.

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  • Climate

To fight climate change, and now Russia, too, Zurich turns off natural gas

Zurich, Switzerland, is shutting down the gas supply to some neighborhoods. Originally aimed at fighting climate change and saving money, it's also a step to cut gas imports from Russia.

April 20, 2022
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By:
  • Daniel Charles
Climate change has already made storms more intense, flooding cities with more rainfall than they were built to handle.

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  • Climate

Green infrastructure helps cities with climate change. So why isn't there more of it?

The U.S. is making the largest investment in history in the country's water system. In the rush to spend, some worry green projects will be overlooked.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Climate change has already made storms more intense, flooding cities with more rainfall than they were built to handle.

Tagged as: 

  • Climate

Green infrastructure helps cities with climate change. So why isn't there more of it?

The U.S. is making the largest investment in history in the country's water system. In the rush to spend, some worry green projects will be overlooked.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
More than 3 months after the Marshall Fire, clean up is only beginning near Louisville, Colo.

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  • Climate

After a rough year, new wildfire warnings have Boulder, Colo., on edge

Boulder is again under a red flag warning for extreme wildfire danger as powerful winds like those that fanned a destructive blaze in December return to the drought stricken region.

April 15, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
A woman is seen through a damaged wall hanging her clothes on a makeshift washing line in Ntuzuma, outside of Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday. Flooding in South Africa's Durban area has taken killed at least 259.

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  • Africa

Flooding kills at least 259 in South Africa

The death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in South Africa's Durban area. The president blamed climate change for the flooding.

April 13, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A motorist fills up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines, Iowa. President Biden announced Tuesday that he will lift the summer restriction on gasoline containing the E15 ethanol blend.

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  • Politics

Biden will ease restrictions on higher-ethanol fuel as inflation hits a 40-year high

E15 fuel is normally banned from sale in the warmer summer months because of concerns about air pollution. Biden said the U.S. will invest $100

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
The 405 Freeway is packed with rush-hour traffic last month in Los Angeles. Americans' greatest contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions comes from transportation, mostly from cars and trucks, according to the federal government.

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  • National

How much energy powers a good life? Less than you're using, says a new report

Americans use nearly four times the energy researchers say is needed to live a happy, healthy and prosperous life.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
Officials in Bibb County were counting on proof of concept from the Brightmark plastic recycling plant in Indiana, shown here, before greenlighting a similar plant in Macon.

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  • Environment

Macon-Bibb Industrial Authority ends talks on plastics recycling plant

In late December, Brightmark admitted to the authority it failed to meet the deadline to prove its facility in another state was able to deliver the recycled end-product to another user, which was a condition of the sale.

April 11, 2022
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
This satellite image taken on Sept. 8, 2021, shows Hurricane Larry in the Atlantic Ocean.

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  • Weather

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than usual, researchers say

At least nine hurricanes are predicted by researchers at Colorado State University. Four of those are expected to be Category 3 or higher.

April 07, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
The federal government is starting to forecast the budget impacts of climate change. Hurricane damage is a big driver, and could cause up to an additional $94 billion annually in coastal disaster response costs by 2100.

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  • Climate

The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government

The federal government has begun tallying the damage climate change could do to the economy and its budget. This comes as scientists warn time is running out to avoid catastrophic global warming.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
A 2014 photo of the offshore loading platform of Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG Terminal, which exports liquefied natural gas.

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  • Climate

How the war in Ukraine could speed up Europe's climate plans

There's concern the U.S. push to send more natural gas to Europe will increase climate warming emissions. But energy experts say the crisis might actually speed up the shift to cleaner energy.

April 05, 2022
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By:
  • Laura Benshoff
The report finds the world's energy supply needs to shift to renewable sources, like this solar farm in Karnataka, India, but it's not happening fast enough.

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  • Climate

It's not too late to stave off the climate crisis, U.N. report finds. Here's how

The good news is that the world has solutions and technology to slow climate change. The bad news is that time is running out.

April 05, 2022
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer
Lauren Alkire (from left), Nick Ellis and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 1.

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  • Climate

California is getting a very dry start to spring, with snowpack far below average

Without a heavy dose of April and May showers, the state's drought will deepen. That could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The business model of luxury ski areas is again under scrutiny as the perils of climate change take hold in the Rocky Mountains.

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  • Climate

Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes

In the West, ski resorts are banking on a Spring Break surge after a rough winter of prolonged drought, labor and housing shortages and frustrated customers.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Customers queue to enter a re-opened Zara clothes shop at Colombo shopping center in Lisbon, Portugal, on in April 2021.

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  • Business

Europe has designs on making the 'fast fashion' industry more sustainable

Under the proposal, the European Commission would set new durability standards and require companies to include how sustainable and recyclable a clothing item is on its label.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
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