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Solar Accounted for More Than Half of New Power Installed in U.S. Last Year

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Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions.

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Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows

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On the North American Great Lakes, ice cover usually peaks in late February or early March. But currently, the lakes are nearly ice-free.

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Cambodian Offset Project Led to Arrests, Evictions of Indigenous People, Report Alleges

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Indigenous people in southern Cambodia faced forced evictions and criminal charges after their ancestral lands were marked out for a carbon offset project, a new report alleges.

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After Two Years of War, Ukraine Sees Deepening Environmental Wound

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In the two years since Russia launched its invasion, Ukraine has seen its forests burned, its rivers polluted, and its wildlife decimated, all of which "reverses many years of efforts towards sustainable development," said Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets.

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What Will It Take to Save Our Cities from a Scorching Future?

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The U.N. named Eleni Myrivili its first-ever global chief heat officer based on her record as a city official in Athens. In an e360 interview, she talks about why extreme heat is a health crisis and what cities must do to protect the most vulnerable from rising temperatures.

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In Icy Greenland, Area Covered by Vegetation Has More Than Doubled in Size

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In Greenland, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as across the rest of the world, the icy, rocky landscape is turning increasingly green, a new study finds.

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After a Long Stretch of Record Heat, El Niño Begins to Wane

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El Niño, when warm waters in the eastern Pacific fuel hotter weather globally, is beginning to recede, scientists say.

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