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To combat climate change, see the forest for the trees

As the world scrambles to combat deforestation, some experts worry our efforts could have far fewer benefits than we think.

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How Katharine Hayhoe stays hopeful as the planet warms

The Texas Tech professor and lead author on the last three National Climate Assessments wants you to talk about how to live in a warming world.

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Justice

Senate leaders ask for input on ways to address climate change

The co-founder of the Senate's first-ever Environment Justice Caucus, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill) led 15 of her Senate colleagues in sending letters to leaders in the environmental justice movement.

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www.canberratimes.com.au

Climate

Australia bracing for climate target storm

The minister responsible for Australia's climate change targets is bracing for backlash at an international forum.

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Toxics

Chinese scientists raise alarm about LCD screen pollution

Chemicals leaking from millions of computer screens in homes, offices and schools could damage human health, according to research by Chinese scientists.

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www.irishtimes.com

Climate

Oxygen in world’s oceans depleting at unprecedented rate

Oxygen in the world's oceans is depleting at an unprecedented rate, leaving species gasping for breath and devastating marine habitats, a report issued at the annual UN climate talks in Madrid has warned.

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Climate

Thousands form human chain in Brussels in climate change demo

Thousands of people holding hands formed a human chain in central Brussels on Sunday to draw public attention to the need for urgent, joint action against climate change.

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Opinion

Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

This week, Peter Dykstra and Host Steve Curwood discuss the international rise of coal, with China's big push to increase coal power and Russia's Siberian coast playing an increasing role in shipping coal. In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, two years of delays are preventing islanders from accessing the FEMA aid needed to recover after hurricanes Maria and Irma.

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Water

Nonprofit scoops up plastic pollution from Pacific Ocean

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become a floating symbol of pollution on this planet.

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www.rte.ie

Toxics

Bushfires causing unprecedented pollution in Sydney

Australian bushfires have caused unprecedented pollution in Sydney and along the country's east coast, officials have said, with smoke and dust burning residents' eyes and prompting a spike in respiratory complaints.

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Toxics

Where do Allegheny County’s elected officials stand on the fight over fracking and cracker plants?

Two factions are wrestling over the future of the natural-gas and petrochemical industries in the region, and whether to support their growth or to transition away.

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Climate

Greta Thunberg ‘how dare you’ climate speech melts in Miami

The 16-year-old climate activist’s famous phrase, spoken at the UN Climate Summit in September, has become an art installation in Miami.

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www.fastcompany.com

Climate

Extreme heat hitting rich and poor harder, global climate index shows

Worsening heatwaves are taking a heavier toll on rich as well as poor countries, according to an annual ranking that measures the damage done by extreme weather to human life and economies.

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Climate

Canadians will pay more for food next year thanks to climate change

Expect to pay $141 more for groceries, restaurants, take-out next year according to a food expert who cites climate change as one of the main factors.

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Climate

Northern premiers call for ‘greater support’ from feds to fight climate change

Climate change and investments in key infrastructure were at the top of the agenda for Northern leaders at a Council of the Federation meeting this week, Yukon Premier Sandy Silver told local media.

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From our Newsroom

To combat climate change, see the forest for the trees

How Katharine Hayhoe stays hopeful as the planet warms

Senate leaders ask for input on ways to address climate change

Australia bracing for climate target storm

Chinese scientists raise alarm about LCD screen pollution

Oxygen in world’s oceans depleting at unprecedented rate

Thousands form human chain in Brussels in climate change demo

Living on Earth: Beyond the Headlines

Nonprofit scoops up plastic pollution from Pacific Ocean

Bushfires causing unprecedented pollution in Sydney

Where do Allegheny County’s elected officials stand on the fight over fracking and cracker plants?

Greta Thunberg ‘how dare you’ climate speech melts in Miami

Canadians will pay more for food next year thanks to climate change

Northern premiers call for ‘greater support’ from feds to fight climate change

The disturbing link between environmental racism and criminalization

How powerful institutions are criminalizing populations by locking people up and deeming them undeserving of clean air, water and healthy housing.

Bhopal nocturne

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Federal tests 'dramatically' undercount BPA and other chemical exposures

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at risk

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

Coraopolis drinking water shows PFAS contamination among highest in Pennsylvania, but below federal advisory

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

How powerful institutions are criminalizing populations by locking people up and deeming them undeserving of clean air, water and healthy housing.

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

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