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Environmental groups said the rule revisions constitute “low hanging fruit” to lower emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, which would benefit both neighbors and the climate.

When the Hawthorne Park Landfill opened in 1977, it transformed everyday life for residents of Carverdale, a historically Black neighborhood in northwest Houston. Myra Jefferson has seen pests and roaches from the dump multiply over the decades and remembers yellow dust from the rot sticking to everything.

After Fighting Back a Landfill Expansion, Houston Residents Await EPA Consideration of Stricter Methane Regulations

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As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat

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If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands—Perched on the bow of an aluminum landing craft, Anne Cohen gazed a few yards ahead of the vessel toward a yellow robot gliding across the emerald Majuro lagoon.

As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat

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Pandemic Roulette

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Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins and ICN reporters Katie Surma and Kiley Price as they explain what sloth deaths in Florida reveal about the global wildlife trade and risks to public health.

Billions of live animals move through the legal and illegal wildlife trade, a massive industry a former CDC epidemiologist described as “pandemic roulette.”

Pandemic Roulette

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The Climate Change Culprits Not Addressed by Global Policy

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A new paper suggests that 15 percent of global warming comes from overlooked pollutants.

Record-high global temperatures aren’t driven only by well-known greenhouse gas culprits.

The Climate Change Culprits Not Addressed by Global Policy

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