Extreme heat is affecting workers this summer. New federal rules would require bosses to provide rest, water, and shade.

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Scientists want to pump carbon into a hole at the bottom of the ocean in a $60 million pilot project to help stop climate change

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Gen Z wants jobs that help solve the climate crisis but has no idea how to get them

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Young activists march in Turin, Italy to demand climate action.
Young climate activists with the Fridays for Future movement march in Turin, Italy in October 2023.

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The United Arab Emirates pursued nearly $100 billion worth of oil and gas deals the same year it led the global climate summit, analysis finds

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A yellow offshore gas platform burns methane, a potent greenhouse gas causing the climate crisis.
An offshore gas platform burns methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is causing the climate crisis.

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This Swedish burger chain is pushing customers away from beef

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Beef has the largest climate impact of any food.

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Inside a new disaster-proof neighborhood in Florida, where million-dollar off-grid homes already survived two hurricanes and residents pay no electric bills

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Solar panels on top of homes at Hunters Point.

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Alaska's pristine rivers are turning a rusty orange even when seen from space, likely because of melting permafrost: study

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An orange tributary of the Kugororuk River in Alaska.
An orange tributary of the Kugororuk River in Alaska.

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The world's largest fans designed to suck carbon from the air are up and running in Iceland

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A direct-air-capture plant in Iceland with mountains in the distance.
Climeworks' second and largest direct-air-capture plant in Iceland.

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Hundreds of thousands of fish died in a single reservoir in Vietnam, another sign of how climate change is strangling the economy

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Hundreds of thousands of fish died last month in a southern Vietnamese reservoir.

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China's top climate envoy is coming to the US this month as tensions over green tech run high

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A coal-fired power plant in China's Zhejiang province.
A coal-fired power plant in China's Zhejiang province.

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