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Today: September 22, 2024

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A pioneering bill to slow down fast fashion gets approval from French lawmakers

France’s parliament has unanimously approved a pioneering bill to curb the environmental impact of fast fashion, marking a significant step towards sustainability in the global fashion industry

A pioneering bill to slow down fast fashion gets approval from French lawmakers
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Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes

Tornado experts say the winter’s record warmth provided the key ingredient for a Midwest outbreak of deadly tornadoes and damaging gorilla hail that hit parts of the Midwest Wednesday and Thursday

Meteorologists say this year's warm winter provided key ingredient for Midwest killer tornadoes
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India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms

Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the last few years, it has received little rainfall in part due to human-caused climate change

India's Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
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South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

South Sudan is shutting all its schools and warning of an extreme heat wave that's expected to last two weeks

South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave
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Ohio governor declares emergency after severe storms that killed 3

Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across a swath of central Ohio struck by severe weather last week

Ohio governor declares emergency after severe storms that killed 3
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Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire

Hawaii’s attorney general is blaming a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county agencies that forced investigators to issue subpoenas

Subpoenas on Maui agencies and officials delay release of key report into deadly wildfire
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Cleanup continues in Ohio following tornados, severe weather that killed 3

Authorities say the three people killed when tornados roared through Ohio last week all died from storm-related injuries

Cleanup continues in Ohio following tornados, severe weather that killed 3
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Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US

There’s support for a trail system that could allow for travel across America from Washington state to Washington, D

Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US
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UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice

UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
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An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields

An artificial intelligence robot is a new high-tech weapon in the battle to root out disease from Dutch tulip fields as they erupt into a riot of springtime color

An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields
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US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes

The latest U.S. agricultural census data, out last month with the latest five-year update of data from 2022, shows an increase in the proportion of farms utilizing contract labor compared to those hiring labor overall

US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
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Gardening bloomed during the pandemic. Garden centers hope would-be green thumbs stay interested

Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people looked for outdoor activities during lockdowns

Gardening bloomed during the pandemic. Garden centers hope would-be green thumbs stay interested
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New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water

The state of New York is moving to update its fracking ban

New York moves to update its fracking ban to include liquid carbon-dioxide as well as water
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California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods

The Yurok Tribe will be getting back a slice of its ancestral land dotted with redwoods and a key creek for salmon spawning

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
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10 years after the deadliest US landslide, climate change is increasing the danger

Friday marks 10 years since the side of a mountain collapsed, raced across a river and buried an entire neighborhood in rural Washington state, killing 43 people in the nation’s worst landslide disaster

10 years after the deadliest US landslide, climate change is increasing the danger
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A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact

Communities in southeast Alaska have long co-existed with landslide risks

A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide's impact
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Things to know about the risk of landslides in the US

Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it

Things to know about the risk of landslides in the US
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Dutch court says the government must do more to rein in noise pollution at Amsterdam's busy airport

A Dutch court says the government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

Dutch court says the government must do more to rein in noise pollution at Amsterdam's busy airport
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E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says

U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further

E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says
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SEC climate rule prompts a rush to sue. Experts say companies are likely to prepare to comply anyway

An expected long legal battle has begun over a new rule that requires companies to disclose some emissions and climate-related information

SEC climate rule prompts a rush to sue. Experts say companies are likely to prepare to comply anyway
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The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring

Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes

The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring
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Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation

A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation
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Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan

Michigan attorneys have pressed a federal appellate panel in Cincinnati to move their lawsuit seeking to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac from federal to state court

Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan
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Over 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington will be cut down. So long, Stumpy

The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media phenom

Over 100 iconic cherry trees in Washington will be cut down. So long, Stumpy
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Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don't know how to stop it

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus

Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don't know how to stop it

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