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Dolphin dead after being repeatedly shot in Louisiana; $20,000 reward offered for info
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Quick Glance: Dead Dolphin Found with Bullets in Brain, Spinal Cord, Heart
  • A dead dolphin with multiple bullets lodged in its body was discovered on a beach in Louisiana.

  • NOAA is offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the incident.

  • Bottlenose dolphins are social animals living in tight-knit groups and are protected.

  • Similar incidents involving other endangered species have also led to investigations and rewards.
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States may need to brace for long, hot summer: The latest outlooks, plus recent research, suggest an unusually hot June through August.
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States may need to brace for long, hot summer
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Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message: President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for ...
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Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says: Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average ...
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says
Quick Glance: Europe Leads in Climate Change, Urgent Need for Renewable Energy
  • Europe is the fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising about twice as fast as the global average, according to a joint report by top climate monitoring organizations.

  • The continent generated 43% of its electricity from renewables last year, surpassing fossil fuels for the second consecutive year, highlighting the need for targeted strategies to transition to renewable resources.

  • Temperatures in Europe are now 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nearing the goals of the Paris climate accord to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, impacting human health with increased deaths related to extreme climate events.

  • The report emphasizes the urgent need for action as heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events have led to significant economic losses and human casualties across the continent.
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Early forecast says summer 2024 is set to be unusually hot across most of USA: A summer forecast map released Thursday by NOAA says nearly the entire nation can ...
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Early forecast says summer 2024 is set to be unusually hot across most of ...
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Think red-hot heat’s bad? Just wait until code magenta.: A new warning tool created by the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Think red-hot heat’s bad? Just wait until code magenta.
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Will it be a hot summer? Odds are yes for all but 2 states, NOAA says: We’re in for a hot start to summer, according to a national weather outlook released ...
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Will it be a hot summer? Odds are yes for all but 2 states, NOAA says
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Cloud seeding was not the cause of the storms in Dubai: It was the worst storm since regional records began 75 years ago. There was quickly speculation about ...
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Cloud seeding was not the cause of the storms in Dubai
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WA to launch EV rebate program. Here’s what you could save: A new $50 million state rebate program for electric vehicles aims to make them affordable for ...
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WA to launch EV rebate program. Here’s what you could save
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“Sorry, we’re hiding behind a cheap excuse”: The great moral philosopher was born 300 years ago. What would Kant have said about climate protection ...
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“Sorry, we’re hiding behind a cheap excuse”
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Corals are under siege. Is this the best way to save them?: How groups execute the new plan could mean the difference between saving what’s left on Florida’s ...
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Corals are under siege. Is this the best way to save them?
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SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal ends following climate target row: The SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal has formally ended following a row ...
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SNP and Scottish Greens power-sharing deal ends following climate target ...
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Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists: Sharp increase in temperatures over past year has surprised many scientists
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Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate ...
Quick Glance: Global Record: Warmest March Ever
  • Last month marked the warmest March globally on record and the tenth consecutive month with new temperature records for respective months.

  • According to a report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the EU's climate monitoring service, global temperatures in March surpassed the pre-industrial average for that month from 1850 to 1900 by 1.68°C and were 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for March. The previous month also exceeded the previous March record by 0.10°C set in 2016.

  • The global average temperature from April 2023 to March 2024 is now the highest on record, standing at 1.58°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

  • In Europe, temperatures in March 2024 were 2.12°C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with significantly above-average temperatures observed in central and eastern Europe.
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Balance for 2023: A year of climate contrasts in Europe: 2023 was a year of extremes: heat, fires, high water levels. Climate change has brought new weather ...
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Balance for 2023: A year of climate contrasts in Europe
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Study links petrochemical plants in Louisiana to premature and low-weight births: About a fifth of America’s petrochemical production is concentrated on a ...
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Study links petrochemical plants in Louisiana to premature and low-weight ...
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Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt: Nationals leader David Littleproud has conceded turning to nuclear power would mean ...
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Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt
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What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?: A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded ...
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What caused the storm that brought Dubai to a standstill?
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and climate stories you need to read this week
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Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief, and other nature and ...
Quick Glance: Scottish Government Abandons 'World-Leading' Climate Target
  • The Scottish Government has abandoned its “world-leading” target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the climate change target “better reflects the reality of long-term climate policymaking”.

  • Scotland will move away from legally binding annual targets to a five-yearly carbon budget approach.

  • A new package of climate action measures was announced, including tripling the number of charging points for electric vehicles and exploring a new integrated ticketing system for public transport in Scotland.
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum reserve in sweeping win for climate advocates
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Biden administration bans drilling in nearly half of Alaska petroleum ...
Quick Glance: Restrictions on Oil and Gas Leasing in Alaska under Biden Administration
  • The Biden administration announced restrictions on new oil and gas leasing on 5.3 million hectares of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to protect wildlife from the impacts of climate change.

  • The decision finalizes proposed protections that drew backlash from environmentalists last year for violating Biden's climate change pledge.

  • The limitation on new leasing faced opposition from Republican lawmakers who criticized the decisions as undermining national security interests.

  • Environmentalists praised the decision, while the oil industry labeled it as misguided and raised concerns about future developments in the reserve.
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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023: New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the ...
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Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023
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Greenhouse gases surged to record levels last year: The last time planet-warming greenhouse gases were this abundant in the atmosphere, seas were 75 feet higher ...
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Greenhouse gases surged to record levels last year
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Never so early: First hot day of the year measured: BRUCK ON THE MUR. A day above 30 degrees is considered a hot day. This mark was broken today in Styria ...
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Never so early: First hot day of the year measured
Quick Glance: Leipzig experiences warmest April 6: Temperature record broken from 1961
  • Warm air and sunshine brought Saxony unusually warm weather in April.

  • Leipzig and other regions broke temperature records, with readings exceeding 25 degrees.

  • Despite Saharan dust and clouds, the warm weather persisted, caused by High 'Olli' and Storm 'Timea'.

  • Cooler temperatures are expected from mid-week, ranging between 10 and 15 degrees, with occasional light rain.
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Who finances climate protection?: The Azerbaijani President travels to Berlin - it's about the climate. Why a small event with many ...
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Who finances climate protection?
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Has the U.S. really conserved a third of its waters? Here’s the math.: The White House said initial estimates show the country is meeting a key marine ...
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Has the U.S. really conserved a third of its waters? Here’s the math.
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Columbus should expect a hot, rainy weather as summer nears, NOAA says: NOAA predicts a hot, rainy summer. There's a high chance that temperatures around ...
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Columbus should expect a hot, rainy weather as summer nears, NOAA says
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Ocasio-Cortez emerges as key Biden surrogate for progressives, young people: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is emerging as a key surrogate for President ...
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Ocasio-Cortez emerges as key Biden surrogate for progressives ...
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands: Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago.
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands
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Family of missing Mississippi man found dead suspects foul play in his disappearance
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Family of missing Mississippi man found dead suspects foul play in his ...
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A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather and climate
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A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather ...
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Severe spring storms put 21 million under threat of possible tornadoes and hail: Severe spring storms will bring heavy rain and thunder to the Plains into the ...
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Severe spring storms put 21 million under threat of possible tornadoes and ...
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Sealing up your home can save money and fight climate change: An Edina woman knew her house could get drafty in the winter, so she signed up for a home energy ...
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Sealing up your home can save money and fight climate change
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Climate summit in Berlin: A world without coal: In times of tight national coffers, the question remains where the billions for the climate will come from ...
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Climate summit in Berlin: A world without coal
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Maxwell Frost on Earth Day calls Trump a ‘threat to our planet’: On Earth Day, progressive Democrat Maxwell Frost (Fla.) is calling former President Trump a ...
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Maxwell Frost on Earth Day calls Trump a ‘threat to our planet’
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Winter likely to be much warmer than normal but La Nina could be coming: Much of Australia is likely in for one of the warmest winters on record ...
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Winter likely to be much warmer than normal but La Nina could be coming
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Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog says: In a BBC interview, Chris Stark says the PM has not made climate change "as much ...
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Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog ...
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UAE Witnesses Highest Rainfall in 75 Years: According to a statement released by the National Center of Meteorology, the United Arab Emirates experienced the ...
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UAE Witnesses Highest Rainfall in 75 Years
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Earth has its warmest March on record, beating 2023's milestone: Global average temperatures are running hotter than last year, which was the globe's hottest.
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Earth has its warmest March on record, beating 2023's milestone
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Climate activists sentenced after paint attack on Brandenburg Gate: The outrage after the paint attack on the capital's landmark was huge and the cleaning work ...
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Climate activists sentenced after paint attack on Brandenburg Gate
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'A cosmic masterpiece': Why spectacular sights of solar eclipses never fail to dazzle
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'A cosmic masterpiece': Why spectacular sights of solar eclipses never ...
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Great Barrier Reef in Australia: Coral bleaching worse than ever: Around 730 reefs on the Great Barrier Reef are suffering from coral bleaching ...
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Great Barrier Reef in Australia: Coral bleaching worse than ever
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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall, massive flooding, hits desert nation
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United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ...
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Climate phenomena: What are El Nino and La Nina? : Dangerous temperatures, intensified by El Nino, have forced authorities across Southeast Asia to issue heat ...
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Climate phenomena: What are El Nino and La Nina?
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Navigation marker goes missing off Florida Keys. Then, it shows up 4,300 miles away
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Navigation marker goes missing off Florida Keys. Then, it shows up 4 ...
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California is lush and green for a second straight year. Thank El Niño.: Though El Niño is rapidly weakening, experts say this winter bore the signs of the ...
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California is lush and green for a second straight year. Thank El Niño.
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Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change: A study has found climate change caused by fossil fuel emissions is the likely reason for ...
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Scientists say Oman, UAE deluge ‘most likely’ linked to climate change
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"Climate lie": ORF rejects Baumgartner's statements about Wadsak: Felix Baumgartner accused ORF meteorologists of "climate lies". ORF warns of insult, defamation ...
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New summer weather outlook looks toasty across much of US as June looms less than 50 days away
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New summer weather outlook looks toasty across much of US as June looms ...
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested during protest in the Netherlands: The climate change activist was detained in the Netherlands amid a protest at The ...
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrested during protest in the Netherlands
Quick Glance: Greta Thunberg protests against fossil fuels in the Netherlands
  • The demonstration was specifically targeted against the subsidies for fossil fuels in the Netherlands.

  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in the Netherlands, after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road to protest against these subsidies.

  • Hundreds of protesters marched from The Hague’s city center to the nearby A12 arterial highway that connects the Dutch government's seat with other cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht.

  • Organized by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) environmental group, the demonstration was part of efforts to pressure the Dutch government ahead of another planned debate on subsidies for fossil fuels in June.
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China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south: China is facing increasingly extreme weather events as climate change takes its toll.
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China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
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Jane Fonda’s advice to people depressed about the future: Get involved: Jane Fonda knows what it feels like to worry about the future.
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Jane Fonda’s advice to people depressed about the future: Get involved
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Average world income 'to fall 19% due to climate change': The effects of climate change will reduce income across the world economy by 19% in the next ...
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Average world income 'to fall 19% due to climate change'
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Dead humpback whale found in surf at Long Beach: It is too early to tell what caused the whale's death, officials said Thursday.
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Dead humpback whale found in surf at Long Beach
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Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO: UN agency says floods, storms leading cause of casualties and economic losses as impact of ...
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Asia bears biggest climate-change brunt amid extreme weather: WMO
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La Niña is on track to amplify hurricane season: Some urgent climate change questions may be answered in the coming months.
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La Niña is on track to amplify hurricane season
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Despite rainy Sunday, weather service predicts clear skies for Monday’s solar eclipse
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Despite rainy Sunday, weather service predicts clear skies for Monday’s ...