Last month, the Transportation Security Administration logged 75.5 million passengers passing through airports in the United States.
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To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash planet-warming operations, report says
Last year’s climate conference in Egypt saw 400 people connected with fossil fuel industries attending the event, according to an analysis by the Associated Press.
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How to help the environment? Farmers and food enthusiasts have ideas
Three no-nonsense nonfiction books offer helpful tips for making a difference.
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Earth is taking a pounding from bigger ocean waves
And the biggest wave energy increases, as measured with a seismometer, appear in the North Atlantic Ocean, according to recent research.
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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests
Iconic red cedars – known as the ‘Tree of Life’ – and other tree species in the Pacific Northwest have been dying because of climate-induced drought, researchers say.
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New England’s wetter, warmer future is already here
The fifth National Climate Assessment includes data showing the region is seeing extreme heat on land and at sea, especially in the Gulf of Maine, and more frequent heavy rainstorms than any other region of the country.
Posted inNation & World
Grim report shows world struggling to curb climate change
The report offers one of the grimmest report cards, detailing multiple failures of society.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Nation & World
How researchers, farmers and brewers want to safeguard beer against climate change
Farmers are using all the new strategies they can get to stay afloat and provide for large and small breweries alike.
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Greenland’s ice shelves hold back sea level rise. There are just 5 left
Losses of ice from Greenland have caused about 17 percent of observed sea level rise between the years 2006 and 2018, and if the remaining five collapse, the northern hemisphere will have lost all its shelves.
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Offshore wind projects face economic storm; cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals
The recent cancellations of five large projects in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut equate to nearly one-fifth of the president’s goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030.