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Climate activists rally behind Kamala Harris
Despite passing landmark climate legislation, President Biden struggled to maintain support from climate activists. However, national climate reporter Chase Cain shows us why Kamala Harris is quickly earning endorsements and support from voters motivated by climate change.
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Heat domes, climate change driving aggressive start to wildfire season
Hot, dry, and windy days are becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how that’s allowing wildfires to burn more land much earlier in wildfire season.
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Global warming has begun to slow Earth's rotation, new study finds
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests water from melted glacial ice is causing the Earth to slow down, leading to slightly longer days.
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Wisconsin wants climate action. Could young Republicans change party's stance in Milwaukee?
Roughly three-fourths of people in Wisconsin support various climate policies. However, in advance of the Republican National Convention, the party’s draft platform makes no direct reference to climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain explores if that might change during the RNC in Milwaukee.
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Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first
Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990...
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Hawaii settles lawsuit filed by children that alleged state violated their right to life-sustaining climate
Hawaii’s governor and lawyers for youth plaintiffs say they have settled a lawsuit alleging Hawaii violated the state constitution by operating a transportation system that harmed the climate and infringed upon the children’s right to a clean and healthy environment.
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Where climate change is cranking up the heat in the U.S.
May marked the 12th month in a row of record global temperatures. The unprecedented milestone follows what was also a record-breaking year for the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain has a new analysis from Climate Central, identifying where climate change is making heat even more extreme for Americans.
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Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels
The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.
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A climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet's ‘Poppy Field'
An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum. It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect food supplies from further damage to the climate. The museum, known in French as the Musée...
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Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature late Thursday. He said in his message to lawmakers that...
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From our tables to our medicine cabinets, we literally owe trillions to coral reefs
Coral reefs provide an estimated $2.7 trillion every year in food, medicine and economic services, but warming oceans are harming these critical ecosystems. Here’s what you need to know about the “rainforests of the sea.”
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Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that
Fewer than 10% of 250 surveyed films passed the “climate reality check” proposed by researchers in a new study.
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Heat waves getting hotter, longer, and more frequent because of climate change
A new report from scientists at Climate Central, the Red Cross, and World Weather Attribution found that climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extremely hot days over the last year. Florida, Arizona, and Hawaii felt some of the biggest increases in heat waves driven by climate change domestically. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains what it could mean...
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NOAA predicts most hurricanes ever in first Atlantic hurricane season outlook
For only the third time in history, we could run out of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. NOAA is predicting more named storms and hurricanes than ever before in their May outlook. Record-breaking ocean temperatures are a major factor driving this outlook, so meteorologist Chase Cain digs in to how climate change could supercharge this hurricane season.
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World's oceans have gone ‘crazy haywire,' officials warn, with majority of coral reefs in peril
The world’s oceans have gone “crazy haywire,” according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official, with record-high temperatures imperiling coral reefs.
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Is Paris the model of how to redesign U.S. cities?
As it prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris also hopes to showcase its efforts to recenter the city around people. Research shows cities which are more walkable and bikeable have happier, healthier residents. National climate reporter Chase Cain toured Paris to see how U.S. cities could benefit from prioritizing people over cars.
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Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
A new study found that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.
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Climate change is moving Tornado Alley and driving more tornado outbreaks
The U.S. has more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth with more than 1,000 every year. As our planet gets hotter, it’s making supercell storms more powerful and shifting the location of Tornado Alley. National climate reporter and meteorologist Chase Cain explains the connection between climate change and tornadoes.
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Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
A new report released Tuesday details how oil companies knew the consequences of its emissions since at least the 1960s
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Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change
A new report released Tuesday details how oil and gas companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s. Congressional Democrats spent three years investigating the fossil fuel industry’s deception and highlighted their findings during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. National climate reporter Chase Cain recaps the milestone hearing on Capitol Hill.