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News Articles: climate

Smoke from the Palisades Fire is seen from Point Dume while it burns homes along the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on Wednesday in Malibu, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, the Palisades Fire has burned through thousands of acres while a second major fire continues to burn near Eaton Canyon in Altadena.

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  • Weather

What are the Santa Ana winds and how are they impacting the LA wildfires?

Although the Santa Anas are a routine part of life for people living in southern California, the winds are particularly violent and destructive this time around, experts say.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Two persons ride by on motorcycles as the Palisades Fire destroys a neighborhood in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

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  • Climate

What to know about the wildfires spreading through Southern California

Three wildfires are currently impacting Los Angeles and Ventura counties, prompting thousands of people to evacuate, schools to close and power lines to be shut off.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Three oil platforms are seen in federal waters off the southern California coast in 2021.  President Biden has prohibited new oil and gas leases in more than 625 million acres of federal ocean; existing leases are not affected.

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  • Business

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.

January 06, 2025
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
President Joe Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Washington.

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  • National

Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.

January 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Lindy Savelle holds citrus fruit from her farm in a Kroger in Houston County, Georgia.

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  • Health

Looking for fresh local produce? This app connects farmers to major grocery chains — and your table

Georgia's citrus industry is growing, and an innovative platform called Foodshed is helping farmers sell their fruit to local consumers.

January 02, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Former President Jimmy Carter at the June 20, 1979 dedication ceremony for solar panels installed on the White House.

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  • Climate

Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy set the foundation for today's climate action

Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork for the country to address climate change now.

December 30, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
A technician installs an electrical heat pump at a home in Washington, DC, in August 2024.

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  • Climate

Want government money for a heat pump? Time might be running out

The Biden administration introduced new consumer tax credits for climate-friendly heat pumps. What does a Trump administration and GOP-led congress mean for that money?

December 25, 2024
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  • Julia Simon
The average temperature across the globe in 2024 set a record. Climate change is helping drive longer and more intense heat waves.

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  • Climate

2023 was extremely hot. Then came 2024

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

December 24, 2024
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  • Lauren Sommer
Trucks move past cargo containers at a port in Bayonne, N.J., in 2021. The state is adopting California's Advanced Clean Trucks rules, which require at least 7% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission for model year 2025. Dealers are petitioning for a delay, so far unsuccessfully.

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  • Business

'We are not California': New Jersey dealers push back on electric truck rules

Vehicle dealers are pushing back on rules that would increase the number of electric trucks sold in New Jersey. It could be a preview of a brewing fight over state rules about cars.

December 23, 2024
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  • Camila Domonoske
Little Crabtree Creek is littered with storm debris and vehicles, on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, three weeks after Hurricane Helene flooded the South Toe River and adjacent creeks near Micaville in Yancey County, N.C.

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  • Climate

Undocumented people are among most vulnerable to climate-infused disasters

Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered.

December 23, 2024
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  • Nate Perez
At Cornell University, one professor is helping students navigate their emotions about climate change by learning about food.

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  • Climate

College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class

A recent survey finds that more than half of young people aged 16-25 are highly worried about climate change. Some universities are now trying to help them navigate those emotions in class.

December 22, 2024
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  • Rebecca Redelmeier
After spinning near the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica for months, the world's largest iceberg, A23a, has broken free and is floating in the Southern Ocean.

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  • Science

Watch: Satellite video shows world's biggest iceberg, A23a, break free

About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.

December 20, 2024
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The Biden administration says some efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions won't go away after President-elect Trump takes office. Renewable energy projects, like the Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island coast, will continue to operate and others already in the development pipeline will continue to be built.

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  • Climate

Biden set an ambitious new climate goal. Will it still matter under Trump?

The Biden administration set a new climate goal for the U.S. The White House argues states, cities and corporations will continue the work, even as Trump plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.

December 19, 2024
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  • Jeff Brady
An unidentified person braves the weather to do last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 24, 2009. That year, a powerful storm spread snow, sleet and rain across the nation's midsection.

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  • National

Dreaming of a white Christmas? There's hope, depending on where you live

A few parts of the country may get a white Christmas in 2024, but the majority will not. And in the future, shifts in weather patterns driven by global warming may make them even less likely.

December 18, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm talks during a session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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  • Climate

Energy chief Granholm warns against 'unfettered exports' of liquefied natural gas

Granholm's statement came as the Energy Department released a long-awaited study that found U.S. LNG shipments drive up domestic wholesale prices and frequently displace renewable energy sources.

December 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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