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Manchin is chasing a last-ditch bipartisan energy deal. Here are 4 stumbling blocks that could tank the whole thing.
Plenty of Democrats are skeptical that Manchin's attempt to strike an agreement will amount to anyt…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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China is setting up a 'line of separation' on top of Mount Everest to isolate climbers going up the Tibetan side from a COVID-19 outbreak on the Nepalese side
Tibetan guides will set up the "line of separation" before a group of 21 Chinese nationals arrive o…
Connor Perrett
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The city of Glasgow, Scotland prepares to host COP26 in November, while setting ambitious sustainability goals of its own
Glasgow, Scotland will host global government and business leaders for COP26, the United Nations Cl…
Parisa Hashempour
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Scientists are racing to explore more of the ocean hoping to discover medical breakthroughs and address the climate crisis
An array of organizations are working to scale marine biodiscovery to discover beneficial traits fr…
Tasmin Lockwood
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A 27-year-old burned 7,500 calories cycling the height of Mount Everest in under 7 hours
In October 2020, Sean Gardner, a young engineer in Virginia, cycled the same steep hill 53 times in…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Before-and-after images of landmarks around the world show the devastating sea-level rise that's coming
If global temperatures increase by 3 degrees Celsius, floods could overtake iconic landmarks like t…
Aria Bendix
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Biden orders the government to prepare the economy for climate change
Biden's executive order seeks to ensure Americans don't financially suffer from the climate crisis …
Ayelet Sheffey
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The companies polluting the planet have spent millions to make you think carpooling and recycling will save us
The plastics industry kickstarted recycling to avoid bans on plastic packaging. Decades later, BP i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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We've now found microplastics on the very highest and lowest points on Earth. Mount Everest is littered with them.
Microplastics are tiny fragments of plastic pollution that never break down. They're scattered acro…
Aylin Woodward
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Why green initiatives count as infrastructure, from Biden's top climate officials
Biden officials say the infrastructure of the future depends on defeating climate change. Republica…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Nepal's is banning Mount Everest climbers from taking pictures and videos of 'others' without consent
Nepals Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has put a ban on taking and circulating pict…
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The first British woman to climb Everest said that people who know what they want to do from a young age are lucky. Here's her best career advice.
"It was only on Everest that I had absolute conviction of what I wanted to do, with no wavering thi…
Stephen Jones
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On Maui, a perfect storm of climate, colonialism, and failed emergency systems made the deadliest US wildfire in over a century
Maui has faced a high risk of dangerous fires for years, but the perfect storm of unlucky weather a…
Maiya Focht,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Big banks are propping up the coal industry as it keeps on pumping out toxic emissions in some parts of the world
Standard Chartered, one of the UK's biggest banks, has just funded one of the most destructive coal…
Binbin Mariana
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Thanks to a secret Cold War project, researchers found fossilized plants 4,500 feet under Greenland's ice sheet
Fossilized plants found deep below the ice suggest the ice sheet disappeared at least once in the l…
Aria Bendix
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Allstate joins State Farm in no longer offering new home insurance policies in California over climate risks
Devastating wildfires and high construction costs have left Californians without Allstate and State…
Jordan Hart
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Exxon launched a $3 billion effort focused on lowering its emissions after investors pressured the oil giant to address climate change
The company will put $3 billion into low-carbon technologies through 2025 and initially focus on ca…
Benji Jones
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Greta Thunberg spoke zero words to anyone outside her family for 3 years before becoming the face of the youth climate movement, a new film reveals
A new documentary on Hulu about Greta Thunberg reveals that she was selectively mute before she bec…
Aylin Woodward
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These floating homes are designed to withstand rising sea levels while harvesting their own energy and water — here's how they work
The dwellings are modular, so components can be mass produced in factories and assembled at a low c…
Mary Meisenzahl
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An 18-year-old student is now the youngest US woman to climb Everest — fueled by Oreos, cardio, and $48,000
Lucy Westlake says Everest isn't the most technically difficult climb she's ever done, but it was e…