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Rising seas could swamp crucial infrastructure

by Mitchell Hartman
May 31, 2016
A look at what climate change might mean for Los Angeles' built environment.
The view north from a bluff in Westchester down to the Ballona Wetlands, which is surrounded by dense residential and commercial development, crucial roadways, and a drainage channel to the Pacific Ocean several miles to the west. Los Angeles International Airport is nearby, as are active oil fields and the largest yacht marina on the West Coast.
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Investors want Exxon to account for climate change

by Jed Kim
May 24, 2016
ExxonMobil faces a shareholder resolution at its annual meeting
Oil covers a local resident's boot at Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California, May 19, 2015. 
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As fire season arrives, this could be hottest year ever

by Annie Baxter
May 17, 2016
Fire seasons now are two months longer than they were 50 years ago.
The Rocky Fire burns near Clear Lake, California, in August of last year.
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Oil companies are pressed to address climate change

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
May 12, 2016
A study says investors care more about climate change than corporate managers.
An oil rig in Taft, California extracts crude.
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To visualize climate change, think about water

by Jed Kim
May 4, 2016
Changes to the water cycle can have severe economic repercussions, a World Bank report says.
A boat dock is left in the dried bed of Huntington Lake, Californina, in 2014. A World Bank report says climate change could have a severe economic impact on some regions of the world.
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America gets its first group of climate refugees

by Kai Ryssdal
May 3, 2016
Federal funds are being used to relocate a community in Louisiana and climate change is to blame
A home suffers severe flooding damage in Isle de Jean Charles.
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You can take a luxury cruise through the Arctic. Thanks climate change!

by Tony Wagner
Mar 30, 2016
Or, you will, at least. The first one is sold out.
The village of Newtok is seen from a plane on June 29, 2015 in Newtok, Alaska.
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Global warming could be a disaster sooner than later

by Scott Tong
Mar 22, 2016
But a possible climate disaster 50 years off still seems far away
Ice cracks from the wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier located at Los Glaciares National Park, southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, on March 10, 2016.
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Canada and U.S. go after methane leaks in oil fields

by Scott Tong
Mar 10, 2016
Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a much more potent warming pollutant than carbon dioxide
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, March 10, 2016 in Washington, DC. The two leaders announced joint efforts to curb emissions of methane gases.  
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Whatever happened to "Cap and Trade"?

by Stephen Beard
Dec 9, 2015
The big idea of companies trading rights to emit greenhouse gases has floundered in Europe.
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