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The Invisible Heat Engine: Unpacking the Global Crisis of Methane Emissions and the Path to Rapid Climate Mitigation
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is color-free and odorless, has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges in…
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California Correctional Facilities Face Scrutiny as Proposed Lower-Tier Heat Standards Leave Prison Workers and Inmates Exposed to Climate Extremes
As California has reeled from increasingly severe and prolonged heat waves driven by global climate change, state workplace safety regulators…
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Activists Target World’s Largest Houseplant Grower Over Extreme Heat Dangers and Worker Protections
The day after Labor Day, a small delegation of labor activists and community advocates marched past the security gates of…
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The Compounding Crises: How Wildfire Smoke and Heat Waves Echo Past Air Pollution Disasters, Offering a Stark Lesson for Climate Action
As millions of acres continue to burn across Canada, a thick pall of smoke has descended upon cities throughout the…
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Urban Canopy as Living Infrastructure: How Tree Cover Mitigates the Deadly Escalation of City Heat Islands
The historical legacy of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, is frequently viewed through the lens of American folklore,…
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The Global Climate Crisis and the Future of Food Security: Assessing the Impact of Extreme Heat on Agricultural Systems and Labor Safety
A landmark joint report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
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Antarctica’s Deep Heat: How Subsurface Oceans and Robotic Sentinels Solved the Mystery of the Great Ice Retreat
For decades, the frozen expanse of the Southern Ocean appeared to defy the global trend of melting ice. While the…
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The Agency Has Taken Heat for Not Showing Enough Flexibility. In This Case, It Showed Too Much
The recent approval of the first-ever medicine to treat focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and debilitating kidney disease, by…
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