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Go behind the scenes with reporter Kiley Bense and oceans correspondent Teresa Tomassoni as they discuss how climate change is transforming the oceans for whale populations.

Whaling was once a major engine of the global economy. Millions of whales were killed for their blubber until commercial whaling was banned in the 1980s. Since then, some whale populations have rebounded, but from the coast of California to the Antarctic Ocean, climate change is now threatening that progress.

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As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

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The fire department said “hazardous materials and radiological monitoring teams” continue to track the health of the air in the Ventura County area.

With a Southern California wildfire only growing in size, firefighters in Ventura County have increased response efforts near a former nuclear reactor and rocket testing site.

As Wildfire Grows Near Ex-Nuclear Site, California County Sets Up Radiation Air Monitors

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The Brazilian Supreme Court Makes Way for the ‘Grain Train’

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Environmental and Indigenous activists say the railway, if it proceeds, will unleash an explosion of carbon and further imperil the world’s biggest and most climate-critical rainforest.

A nearly 600-mile railway that would cut through the heart of the Amazon rainforest got one step closer to reality Thursday when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled that a national park could be resized to accommodate its passage.

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A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

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A new U.N. resolution reinforces a landmark court opinion tying fossil fuel use to human rights abuses and legal responsibility for climate change.

A climate justice seed planted by young Pacific Island students in 2019, as mass participation in climate demonstrations peaked in the millions, is starting to reshape international law around the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

A Youth-Led Campaign Claims a Win For Climate Justice

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