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Canada’s Tar Sands Are a Much Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought, Study Says

The research, published in Science, found the oil operations are releasing vast quantities of compounds that can cause localized air pollution and form damaging particles that can travel across the continent.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A tar sands mining operation near Fort McKay, Alberta. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images
Groundwater-fed irrigation of maize in Kabwe, Zambia. Credit: Mark Hughes

Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates

By Liza Gross

A conservationist with the NGO Panthera fights a fire in Porto Jofre, the Pantanal of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 4, 2021. The Amazon, home to more than three million species, has long absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, but some research has shown it recently emitting more CO2 than it absorbs due to wildfires, deforestation and declining forest health. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

By Bob Berwyn

Spraying an agricultural field on the eastern shore of Maryland. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

Toxic Pesticides Are Sprayed Next to Thousands of US Schools

By Liza Gross

William "Bucky" Bailey attends the Washington, DC premiere of the motion picture "Dark Waters" on November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. Credit: Shannon Finney/Getty Images

‘Profit Over the Public’s Health’: Study Details Efforts by Makers of Forever Chemicals to Hide Their Harms

By Victoria St. Martin

An aerial view shows the shores and the dam of the reservoir of the Saint-Peyres in Angles, southwestern France, on August 27, 2022. According to information collected by the observatory managed by the European Commission, the European continent has experienced a historic drought, the worst in nearly 500 years. The Global Drought Observatory (GDO) published a damning report on the current aridity in Europe on August 23, 2022. Credit: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP via Getty Images

Study Finds Global Warming Fingerprint on 2022’s Northern Hemisphere Megadrought

By Bob Berwyn

A forest is incinerated by the Oak Fire near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, California, on July 23, 2022. - The California wildfire ripped through thousands of acres on July 23 after being sparked a day earlier, as millions of Americans sweltered through scorching heat with already record-setting temperatures due to climb. Credit: David McNew / AFP via Getty Images

Scientists Say It’s ‘Fatally Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes

By Bob Berwyn

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