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Climate

Your trash is emitting methane in the landfill. Here's why it matters for the climate

Your trash is emitting methane in the landfill. Here's why it matters for the climate

Landfills are among the nation's largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide. But accurately measuring methane is a major challenge to reducing it.
by James Bruggers, Phil McKenna, Amy Green and Robert Benincasa

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This 100-year-old ‘small-government conservative’ wants lawmakers to go big on climate

Tom Swain has had a long career, including chief of staff to a Minnesota governor and mayor of a small Minnesota town. Now 100, he still has energy to burn — and he’s putting it into climate change.
by Paul Huttner

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Exxon lobbyist caught on video talks about undermining Biden's climate push

Exxon lobbyist caught on video talks about undermining Biden's climate push

ExxonMobil has condemned the comments of one of its lobbyists secretly recorded by undercover climate activists. The man described pushing lawmakers to weaken President Joe Biden's infrastructure bill.
by Jeff Brady

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More deaths reported in intense Northwest heat wave

More deaths reported in intense Northwest heat wave

About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and has caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand.
by The Associated Press

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