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Video ‘Please god save us’: Altadena couple captures final moments before they evacuate their home 1:06
Two Just Stop Oil supporters painted Charles Darwin’s grave on Monday to demand that the UK government works with others to phase out the extraction and burning of fossil fuels by 2030.
Just Stop Oil
Charles Darwin’s grave painted with dire environmental warning: ‘1.5 is dead’
The remains of a home following the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 10, 2025.
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These small, inexpensive changes can help protect your home against wildfires
A firefighting plane makes a drop on the Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades on January 7, 2024.
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2024 was the hottest year on record, breaching a critical climate goal and capping 10 years of unprecedented heat
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Video ‘It’s about caring for each other’: Man helps injured stray dog in wildfire rubble 1:08
Left: Cars are submerged on a flooded street during a rain storm, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Santa Barbara, Calif. Right: Homes are left in ruins the day after a fire tore through the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles on January 8, 2025.
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From flooding rain to unmitigated wildfire: Why California is ground zero for disasters
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Video Wildfires engulf Los Angeles. Why is this happening during the winter? 1:14
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Video Steve Guttenberg helps clear the way for firefighters in Palisades 2:01
A ship cuts through the icy waters off the southeast Greenland coast.
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Trump wants to buy Greenland again. Here’s why he’s so interested in the world’s largest island
Scenic view of lake and Mount Shasta during sunset in California, United States.
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President Biden to establish two new national monuments in California
SANTA ANA, CA - APRIL 26: Pouring a glass of water from a kitchen faucet in Santa Ana on Friday, April 26, 2024. According to a study by the US Geological Survey, 45% of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with "forever chemicals" that are considered dangerous to human health. In recent years, studies have found that humans exposed to some PFAS chemicals are more prone to everything from high cholesterol and hypertension to testicular cancer, breast cancer and, for girls, early-onset puberty. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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Scientists discover concerning new source of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
This photograph taken on January 12, 2024, shows an oil refinery in the desert between Shubaytah and Shubaytah, of the Dakar rally 2024, in Saudi Arabia, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Climate progress screeched to a halt this year. One country had its foot on the brake.
An example of the composting vessel Earth Funeral uses to turn human remains into soil.
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Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly life after death
GRINDAVIK, ICELAND - JUNE 2: Seen from an aerial view, lava spews from the Sundhnúkur volcano on June 2, 2024 on the Reykjanes peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland. The volcano, which has erupted five times since December, has forced the evacuation of the southwestern fishing town of Grindavik as well as the nearby Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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The next massive volcanic eruption is coming. It will cause chaos the world is not prepared for
People walk along the beach in Surfside, Fla., near the skyline of Sunny Isles Beach, an area from Miami Beach to Sunny Isles Beach where dozens of beachside high-rise condo and luxury hotel buildings are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of construction in the area from other building projects, according to a new study Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Dozens of luxury condos and hotels in Florida are sinking, study finds
Laconia, NH - January 22 : Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump shakes hands with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy, left, at a campaign rally at the The Margate Resort in Laconia, NH on Monday, January 22, 2024. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Trump’s energy strategy is ‘drill baby drill.’ It’s going to be much harder than that