Biden promised 'no more drilling on federal lands, period.' He just broke that pledge to approve a massive oil project in Alaska.

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In 2020, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pledged to stop all new oil drilling on federal land.

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Climate change is making plane turbulence worse, and it could make flights bumpier and more expensive

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The inside of the plane after Lufthansa Flight 469 hit "severe turbulence" en route to Frankfurt, Germany.

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Scientists revived a 'zombie' virus frozen for 48,500 years in ice. They learned it could still infect other cells.

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A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.
A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.

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Kamala Harris recalls testy exchange with Mike Pompeo on climate change during sit-down with Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Estefan interviews Vice President Kamala Harris at Aspen Ideas: Climate

Dan Bayer

California's 'zombie forests' are 'cheating death' as the climate has changed so drastically it's no longer able to support them

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Sequoia National Park, located in the southern Sierra Nevada.

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People are fleeing Arizona's heat for upstate New York and Florida's flooding for North Carolina. Have you moved over climate concerns?

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A brush fire in Florida, where some residents have recently left due to concerns about the climate crisis.

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Florida's climate exodus has already begun — and it's only going to get worse

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Climate change is making disasters like hurricanes more devastating and frequent, and Floridians are already being forced to flee.

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The state's climate exodus has already begun

A 17-year-old Seattle high schooler is tracking more than 150 private jets' emissions

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Private jet emission tracker on Climate Jets
The home page of ClimateJets.org, created by 17-year-old Akash Shendure.

Climate Jets

Lucid Motors is helping oil-rich Saudi Arabia go electric in its ambitious plan to become a carmaking powerhouse

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Lucid Motors aims to produce 150,000 cars a year in Saudi Arabia in 2025.

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Bill Gates says he isn't a hypocrite for using a private jet

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Bill Gates says he's "not part of the problem" and doesn't feel it's a contradiction to use a private jet while promoting climate change awareness.

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