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The International Energy Agency just announced that for about about $100 billion — less than 3% of the profits that oil and gas companies earned last year — 75% of energy-related methane emissions could be eliminated with readily available technologies.
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A referendum attempting to overturn SB 1137 — a law banning new oil and gas wells near schools, hospitals and businesses open to the public — has qualified for the November 2024 ballot.
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While climate scientists predict more extreme weather linked to climate change over the next two years, outrage grows toward fossil fuel companies spending decades obscuring their effect on climate change to make profits.
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In California, at least 19 people have died as storms continue to batter the region, leading to widespread flooding, mudslides and power outages.
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When storms like atmospheric rivers hit wildfire burn scars, which arise from climate change-influenced drought, the resulting mudflows can be deadly.
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From rising grocery and utility bills to skyrocketing insurance premiums, warming temperatures from climate change hit our wallets hard in 2022.
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Here are six ways that Californians will be affected by the new climate change blueprint, which aims for the state to cut greenhouse gases and oil use and become carbon neutral by 2045.
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New satellite imagery shows that carbon offsets in the logging industry might not actually be doing much for the climate. It's not saving trees, and it's not changing carbon dioxide levels.
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Corporate promises to address society's biggest problems, like abortion rights and climate change, are rife with hypocrisy — including privately lobbying against the social change they publicly support. And they often conflict with corporations' ultimate goal: to make a profit.
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Extreme heat and air pollution are taking a deadly toll on human health, according to a new report. But it's not too late to save lives.
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A new study shows how L.A. County may be vastly underestimating its flood risk — and how a "hundred-year flood" would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.
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Located in Southeast Los Angeles County, the Gateway Cities area — which is largely comprised of urban low-income communities of color, specifically Black and Latinx residents — is particularly vulnerable to the harmful effects of climate change, which are expected to grow more severe in the coming years.
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