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The sun rose over the Duluth Harbor North Breakwater Light on Monday, July 12, 2021. Canadian wildfires have caused smoke to drift in the atmosphere and blanket the Midwest skies with haze this past weekend. This has caused magnificent red sunrises over the last few mornings. Canadian wildfires have caused smoke to drift in the atmosphere and blanket the Midwest skies with haze this past weekend. This has caused magnificent red sunrises over the last few mornings including over Lake Superior and Canal Park in Duluth on Monday, July 12, 2021. (Alex Kormann, Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke in Minnesota brings dystopian skies to the Midwest

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Climate change and environmental disasters (Getty Images/Roy Scott)

Leaked UN report warns of climate tipping points

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The Glass Fire burns behind Merus Wines vineyards in Napa Valley, California on September 27, 2020. - The Glass fire grew to 2,500 Acres on the evening of September 27. A heat wave and dry winds create critical weather conditions and mandatory evacuations are in order. (SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Heat waves can be life-threatening — for more reasons than one

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How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas

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A man holds a glass under a running tap. (Marius Becker/picture alliance via Getty Images)

“Long overdue”: The Senate just passed $35 billion for clean drinking water

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A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

4 in 10 Americans breathe polluted air, with people of color hit hardest

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British-Dutch oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell PLC sign , commonly known as Shell (Aleksander Kalka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Oil companies want you to think they’re feminist. It’s BS

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The wildfire spreads on August 19, 2020 in San Mateo, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)

How climate change fuels California’s biggest fires

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New York Police Department tactical police officers (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How the fossil fuel industry drives police brutality

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Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Two new climate lawsuits give Big Oil the tobacco treatment

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