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Try four weeks FREE, then $4 every four weeks the next year  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives. Presented by Walmart     (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post) The swift march of climate change in North Carolina's 'ghost forests' As sea levels rise and storms become more intense, scientists are racing to study the rapid loss of trees and marshland along the Outer Banks. By Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   White House alarmed that Commerce probe is 'smothering' solar industry Dispute over solar panels illustrates the challenges of moving away from Chinese products. By Evan Halper and Jeff Stein ●  Read more »   House panel will investigate USPS plan to purchase mostly gas-powered trucks State attorneys general and top environmental groups have already sued the Postal Service to block the $11.3 billion truck contract. By Jacob Bogage ●  Read more »   Biden pulls 3 offshore oil lease sales, curbing new drilling this year The Interior Department confirmed it will not hold three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska that had been scheduled to take place. By Anna Phillips ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Content from Walmart Walmart is prioritizing sustainability in its products Walmart is prioritizing sustainability and recyclable products. Through innovation across its supply chain, Walmart has diverted 81% of waste from landfill and incineration globally as of 2020.   Facing a new climate reality, Southern California lawns could wither The persistent drought in the West has forced officials to take unprecedented water conservation measures affecting 6 million people. By Joshua Partlow ●  Read more »   California braces for extreme summer drought after dismal wet season Reservoirs and snowpack are wildly below average. By Diana Leonard ●  Read more »   How the future trees of New Mexico were almost destroyed by wildfires "This is a fire where both our current and future forests are threatened," one official said. By Elizabeth Miller ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   North Carolina beach homes collapse from lumbering coastal storm The incident on the Outer Banks has further exposed the risk to shoreline homes from storms and the rising sea. By Jason Samenow and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Record heat fueling severe storms, tornadoes in Central U.S. Dangerous storms threaten millions while dozens of high temperature records could fall in the central states Thursday. By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow ●  Read more »   Black communities are last in line for disaster planning in Texas Texas steered federal disaster grants toward Whiter, less populated areas over urban communities of color, HUD investigation finds. By Tracy Jan ●  Read more »   Earth could soon briefly hit threatening climate threshold The World Meteorological Organization states there is a 50 percent chance that the planet's temperature will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in at least one of the next five years. By Kasha Patel ●  Read more »   India tries to adapt to extreme heat but is paying a heavy price Summer hasn't arrived yet, but early heat waves have brought the country to a standstill, shuttering schools and killing crops. By Gerry Shih and Kasha Patel ●  Read more »   As record-setting heat blasts Pakistan, a glacial lake floods village Rapid snowmelt caused the lake near Shishpar glacier to flood and wipe out an important bridge. By Kasha Patel ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Where are Russia's barrels of oil going? Russia continues to reap large profits from its oil, even as the West seeks to punish the country with new sanctions. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Giving old dams new life could spark an energy boom Out of about 90,000 dams in the nation, few generate hydropower. A push to retrofit nonpowered dams could change that. By Chris Iovenko ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Access to all stories in the newsletter is free. Sign up »

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