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Tammy Webber @twebber02

Associated Press reporter covering climate and environmental issues. Formerly @indystar, @flintjournal. Share tips: ap.org/tips/

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El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires apnews.com/article/el-nino-c…

El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

U.S. meteorologists say an El Nino has formed. That's the natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather around the globe.

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FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming apnews.com/article/trump-cli…

FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

President Donald Trump blasted the accuracy of scientists' global warming projections in a social media post that itself painted a distorted view of the science, projections and policy of climate...

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Global warming doesn’t just mess with humans, polar bears and other critters. Climate change will push tens of thousand of plant species to extinction by century’s end, study says. apnews.com/article/plants-ex…

Scientists say don't forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of species

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.

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Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship apnews.com/article/cdc-hanta…

Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans.

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Solar ranch in Tennessee aims to prove grazing cattle under the panels is a farmland win-win

A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid.

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Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline apnews.com/article/supreme-c…

Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline

The Supreme Court has sided with Michigan in ruling that the state’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel will stay in state court.

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As the planet warms, scientists burn homes to figure out how to best protect them in wildfires apnews.com/article/climate-c…

As the planet warms, scientists burn homes to figure out how to best protect them in wildfires

Scientists are using controlled fires to study how to protect homes from wildfires. At a site in South Carolina, researchers burn down test houses to learn how different materials and designs can...

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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry apnews.com/article/plastics-…

EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.

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States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame apnews.com/article/ai-data-c…

States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame

Nevada's largest utility company says it may not meet its 2030 clean energy goals due to the demands from data centers.

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As Trump throws lifeline to coal plants, critics warn of higher costs and health risks apnews.com/article/trump-cli…

Coal's fortunes shift as Trump uses orders and taxpayer money to keep plants operating

The Trump administration is using emergency powers and subsidies to keep U.S. coal plants running. Market analysts believe no coal plant closures are likely during President Donald Trump's term.

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Federal 'God Squad' exempts oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules apnews.com/article/endangere…

Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act.

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The sea beneath Arctic and Antarctic ice holds many secrets. These scientists dive deep to find out apnews.com/article/climate-c…

The sea beneath Arctic and Antarctic ice holds many secrets. These scientists dive deep to find out

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice to study the flora and fauna below. The Finnish Scientific Diving Academy has designed a program in northern Finland for participants to venture...

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Graphics show the scale of extreme heat hitting the US apnews.com/article/heat-reco…

Graphics show the scale of extreme heat hitting the US

Unusual March heat has pushed temperatures into record territory in parts of the West. More extremes are expected in the days ahead.

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The U.S. area hit by extreme weather in the past five years has doubled from 20 years ago, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Extremes Index which includes heat and cold waves, downpours and drought. apnews.com/article/heat-sout…

Records shattered as summer heat hits Southwest in March; 'This is what climate change looks like'

Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous weather extremes.

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Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean apnews.com/article/ocean-wha…

Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean

Researchers say the discovery of the oldest known recordings of whale sounds could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate.

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'It's too warm': Greenland's fishermen are under threat from climate change

Greenland’s fishermen are struggling as warming weather from climate change makes the sea ice unreliable and the fish harder to predict.

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Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say apnews.com/article/trump-end…

Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most.

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A Greenland sled dog champion fears for his culture as climate change melts the ice

Dog sled culture in northern Greenland is at risk as climate change is causing the ice and snow to melt. In January, temperatures in the town of Ilulissat should be well below freezing but this year...

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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change apnews.com/article/trump-cli…

Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

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FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions apnews.com/article/trump-202…

FBI raid in Georgia highlights Trump's 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions

President Donald Trump is pushing the federal government to back up his bogus claims that widespread fraud cost him reelection in 2020.

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