Hydrofluorocarbons are described as the world’s fastest-growing climate pollutant and are used in air conditioners and refrigerators.
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More than 100 countries reach deal on reducing use of fast-growing climate pollutants
The U.S. is part of an accord hailed by environmentalists.
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Summer’s weather was disastrous – and hot
Floods, fires and droughts added to record heat that failed to ease at night, ‘one of the clearest signals’ for climate change.
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On trip to Greenland, Sen. King finds effect of climate change ‘amazing and scary’
He returns from a three-day fact-finding trip with plan to call for more U.S. icebreakers to clear Arctic trade routes.
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Pika vanishes in West as climate change alters habitat
The tiny mountain dweller is finding slopes too hot and dry in the summer and too bare of snow in winter.
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Study: Global warming began earlier than scientists first determined
A slight warming can now be tracked to around 1850 in North America, Europe and Asia, rather than the late 1800s.
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How hot was it? NASA reports July was Earth’s hottest month in recorded history
Calculations show that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1950-1980 global average.
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Scientists’ annual physical of Earth finds its fever is rising
At the heart of new climate records are highest-ever levels in 2015 of all three major heat-trapping greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
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A Michigan nonprofit clones sequoias in effort to reverse climate change
It has propagated and planted 300,000 clippings from the giant, ancient trees.
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Feed yourself more healthfully and protect the planet at the same time
Health care workers talk about how the food on our plates can help combat climate change.