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News Articles: climate

Tesla cars sit on a lot in Chicago on March 28, 2022. A $7,500 tax credit for purchasers of new electric vehicles is changing again after the U.S. unveiled new guidelines that will impact the list of car models that qualify.

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  • Your Money

The U.S. just updated the list of electric cars that qualify for a $7,500 tax credit

Starting on Tuesday, a $7,500 tax credit will shrink or disappear for some vehicles, but popular models like the Chevy Bolt, F-150 Lightning and Tesla Model Y are still eligible for the full amount.

April 17, 2023
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
A new research study says that maintaining backyard pools, like this one pictured in Los Angeles in August, 2005, are one way that rich city dwellers are over-consuming water.

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  • Environment

Swimming pools and lavish gardens of the rich are driving water shortages, study says

Socioeconomic disparity is just as influential as climate change and population growth when it comes to explaining why so many cities are struggling with their water supply, researchers say.

April 15, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Vince Stanley props up a sapling and its rootball.

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  • Environment

Genetically engineered trees in a Georgia forest mark a first in the nation

A California-based company claims it has doubled the growth rate of their GMO trees. What may be even more exciting to Georgia growers — and the heart of the business model — is what the company promises about how much carbon this new forest can store.  

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Deadliest Tornadoes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • News

Billion-dollar severe storms on the rise

New data from Climate Central shows that storms causing billions of dollars worth of damage are on the rise. 

April 13, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
A new study finds that climate change is causing more home runs.

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  • Science

Global warming could be juicing baseball home runs, study finds

Baseball home runs appear to be getting a little extra help from climate change, a new study finds. That's because baseballs can fly farther through air that's made thinner by warmer conditions.

April 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Traffic moves along Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif., on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration proposed new tough emission rules so tough it would force auto makers to boost sales of electric cars to meet the requirements.

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  • Climate

The big reason why the U.S. is seeking the toughest-ever rules for vehicle emissions

The EPA is proposing tailpipe emission rules so strict that carmakers would need two-thirds of their sales to be zero-emission by 2032 to comply. And that seems to be precisely the goal.

April 12, 2023
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  • Camila Domonoske
Climate activist and Pajaro Valley High School senior Denia Escutia, 18, looks around a mud-coated bedroom in Pajaro, California on March 24, 2023. Days earlier, residents began returning to their homes after a levee breach flooded the area several weeks earlier.

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  • Climate

Why California's floods may be 'only a taste' of what's to come in a warmer world

Climate scientists say this winter's storms in California are nothing compared to what's predicted in a warmer world. Some residents in one community question whether its time to leave.

April 10, 2023
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  • Ezra David Romero/KQED
To avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be eliminated or offset by midcentury, according to the United Nations. To get there, activist investors say banks and insurance companies need to account for the emissions they contribute to by underwriting and investing in fossil fuel infrastructure like this natural gas plant in California.

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  • Climate

Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

April 09, 2023
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  • Michael Copley
Solar executive DK Kim poses for a photo with Kimberly Richardson, left, Lisa Nash, right, and members of the Qcells team Thursday during a visit to the company's solar plant in Dalton, Ga.

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  • Climate

A new solar energy deal will bring power to 140,000 homes and businesses in 3 states

The agreement calls for Qcells and Virginia-based Summit Ridge Energy to deploy community solar projects capable of generating 1.2 gigawatts of electricity in Illinois, Maine and Maryland.

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Ronal Acuna,Jr. warms up at Truist Park before the Atlanta Braces home opener on April 6, 2023.

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  • Sports

Climate change could affect the baseball season. Experts explain how

As Georgians celebrate the start of the Atlanta Braves' season, weather could change how the game is played. 

April 06, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
An airplane flies at sunrise over Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9.

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  • Climate

Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change

Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

April 06, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
The Apple TV+ series <em>Extrapolations </em>tells the story of what's at stake for our planet over the next few decades. Sienna Miller plays scientist Rebecca Shearer.

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  • Television

There are plenty of doomsday climate stories — 'Extrapolations' is about the everyday

"We wanted to focus on what we call the 'messy middle...' " says Scott Burns, creator of the AppleTV+ series. "Before we get to the end, there's a lot of life that we're all gonna have to go through."

April 04, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
View of a deforested and burned area of the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil on Sept. 2, 2022.

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  • Climate

Why deforestation means less rain in tropical forests

A new study finds deforestation reduces rainfall in tropical rainforests, which has grave consequences for agriculture, drought and climate resilience.

April 03, 2023
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By:
  • Lauren Sommer and
  • Seyma Bayram
The conspiracy theory alleges that a shadowy global elite conspires to control the world's population, in part by forcing them to eat insects. It's being cited by politicians in several countries.

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  • National

From 4chan to international politics, a bug-eating conspiracy theory goes mainstream

The conspiracy theory alleges that a shadowy global elite conspires to control the world's population, in part by forcing them to eat insects. It's being cited by politicians in several countries.

April 03, 2023
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Family and neighbors look through debris on Ed Whestine's farm southwest of Wellman, Iowa on Saturday. Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed multiple people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest.

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  • Weather

A daunting recovery begins in the South and Midwest after tornadoes kill at least 32

Confirmed or suspected tornadoes across 11 states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered trees and laid waste to neighborhoods over a broad swath of the country.

April 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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