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Martha Durr, seen at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska, left her job earlier this month as the state's principal communicator of climate information. "It gets draining over time," she said. Elizabeth Rembert/Harvest Public Media hide caption

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This photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, from a remote camera set by biologist Chris Stermer, shows a wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2016, a rare sighting of the elusive species in the state. Scientists estimate that only about 300 wolverines survive in the contiguous U.S. Chris Stermer/California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File hide caption

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Summers could get dramatically hotter if the world fails to slow the pace of climate change. Brent Jones/NPR hide caption

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3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees

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Wind turbines generate electricity off the coast of England. World leaders will meet later this week in Dubai to discuss global efforts to reduce emissions of planet-warming pollution and transition to renewable energy sources. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption

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Taylor Swift fans wait for the doors of Nilton Santos Olympic stadium to open for her Eras Tour concert amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. A 23-year-old Taylor Swift fan died Friday night after suffering from cardiac arrest due to heat at the concert, according to a statement from the show's organizers in Brazil. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption

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Emissions from a power plant in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 2022. Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases increased between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report from the United Nations. Mark Thiessen/AP hide caption

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The USFS is proposing changing a rule that would allow the storage of carbon dioxide pollution under national forests and grasslands. It's controversial. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption

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The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests

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Tourists walk around the base of the Washington Monument as smoke from wildfires in Canada casts a haze of the U.S. Capitol on the National Mall in June of this year. Air pollution alerts were issued across the United States due to the fires. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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3 major ways climate change affects life in the U.S.

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Pope Francis attends the welcoming ceremony of World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon on August 3, 2023. Pope Francis urged young people to focus on caring for the planet and fighting climate change, calling for an "integral ecology" that melds environmental protection with the fight against poverty and other social problems. Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Children wade through floodwater on Nyangai Island, Sierra Leone. Most of the island has already been lost to the sea, and what remains is routinely flooded at high tide. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption

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A wildfire burns south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, near Highway 63 on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A book about an inferno that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize. Jonathan Hayward/AP hide caption

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Climate activists protest on the first day of the ExxonMobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on 2019. Last month, prosecutors described how ExxonMobil tried to take advantage of material stolen by hackers working for Aviram Azari. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wildland firefighters on the Spring Creek Fire in Colorado on July 2, 2023. Inciweb hide caption

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A massive pay cut for federal wildland firefighters may be averted. But not for long

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A resident rides past the Guohua Power Station in northern China's Hebei province. China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption

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