Global Warming
California must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report finds
March 18, 2024Transportation emissions in California — which went up 7.4 percent from 2020 to 2021 — make up almost 40 percent of its carbon footprint.
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States and tribes rush to reach Colorado River deals before election
March 12, 2024Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
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California wildfire smoke affects indigenous communities nearly two times more than expected
March 4, 2024“Analyses spanning 2006 to 2020 revealed that Native American and Alaska Native, multiracial, and non-Hispanic white populations had consistently disproportionate outdoor wildfire PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] exposure."
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EE.UU. enterró desechos nucleares en el extranjero, el calentamiento global podría desenterrarlos
February 29, 2024Ariana Tibon estaba en la Universidad de Hawaii en 2017 cuando vio la foto en línea: una imagen en blanco y negro de un hombre sosteniendo a un bebé. El pie de foto decía: “Nelson Anjain...
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Decades after the U.S. buried nuclear waste abroad, global warming could unearth it
February 28, 2024A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from U.S. nuclear projects in Greenland and the Marshall Islands.
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