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Productive ecosystems for shorebirds and other fauna, the marshes are relentlessly pounded by sea level rise and storm surges. Heavy metals remain from their industrial past.

NEW YORK—Walter Mugdan looks out at the marshes that make up part of Udall’s Cove Park and Preserve in Little Neck, Queens. He points out the ospreys that inhabit one of the nesting platforms in the area, hoping to catch one of them diving down into the marsh for food. 

New York City’s Marshes, Resplendent and Threatened

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Global Scientists Anticipate Less Reliance on the United States in Future Carbon Monitoring

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With Trump’s budget knife still poised over NOAA’s climate research operations, international researchers see a reduced role for the nation that pioneered CO2 measurement.

This fall, when the World Meteorological Organization confirmed the grim news—a record 3.5 parts per million annual increase in the global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—there was a somber, unspoken backstory.

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Virginia Regulators Approve First New Gas Plant Since Passage of Clean Economy Act

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Dominion Energy presented the Chesterfield peaker plant as an answer to ensuring grid reliability. Some residents and clean energy advocates disagree.

Dominion Energy’s proposal for a $1.47 billion natural gas plant in Chesterfield County aimed at meeting rising energy demands across the state has been approved by the State Corporation Commission.

Virginia Regulators Approve First New Gas Plant Since Passage of Clean Economy Act

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Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates

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The class-action lawsuit is the first of its kind to target Big Oil over rising home insurance costs.

Two homeowners in Washington state who have seen sharp increases in their home insurance premiums in recent years have brought a new lawsuit against major oil and gas companies—the first of its kind aiming to hold Big Oil responsible for climate-related spikes in insurance costs.

Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates

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