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62 years in the making: NYC's newest water tunnel nears the finish line

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Toxic air, broken roads and unpicked rubbish - why India's big cities are becoming unliveable

Many Indian cities rank at the bottom of liveability indexes despite big government spending on infrastructure.

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Powerful winter storm to batter much of US with snow, rain and strong winds

Snowy holiday season in the upper midwest and north-east comes as a cold front is expected to hit the southA powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone that is expected to impact much of the US with a mixture of sno…

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Winter Storm Batters Minnesota, Bringing ‘Potentially Life-Threatening Travel Conditions’

Blizzard warnings were posted in the western part of the state. Whiteout conditions reduced visibility on the roads as numerous crashes were reported.

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Loss of moist broadleaf forest in Africa has turned a carbon sink into source

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Lords write to environment secretary over “complacent” response to waste crime inquiry

The chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has written to the environment secretary expressing “deep disappointment” at the government’s response to its waste-crime inquiry.
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Uncovering Negative Impacts of Industrial Fishing on Liberia’s Small-scale Fisheries

MCAF Project Leader Nathaniel Kollie interviews small-scale fishers, uncovering the negative impacts of distant water fishing in Liberia.
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EU agrees tougher End-of-Life Vehicles rules to boost recycled content and cut material losses

A provisional agreement between the European Parliament and Council will introduce mandatory recycled-content targets, stronger producer responsibility and tighter controls on vehicle exports, aiming to accelerate the transition to a more circular automotive sector. The European Union has reached a …

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“But you said the ice was going to disappear in 10 years!”

Almost two decades ago, some scientists predicted that Arctic summer sea ice would ‘soon’ disappear. These predictions were mentioned by Al Gore and got a lot of press. However, they did not gain wide acceptance in the scientific community, and were swiftly disproven. Unsurprisingly, this still come…

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Trump’s Energy Secretary Wants to Bigfoot Tribes’ Stewardship of Their Land

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered id…

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Winter storm snarls travel across US, thousands of flights canceled or delayed

More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to U.S. roads and airports during the busy travel period between Christmas and New Year’s.

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High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)

The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may even be approaching a tipping point. Here I will show you the latest high-resolution images – and also […]
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