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This is very true. Roughly half of all American crude oil exports in 2024 pass throughed three facilities bordering a small town of 614 people in South Texas, through a single ship channel the width of 1.5 football fields, into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Annual AC sales in the Philippines have risen from 700,000 units sold in 2016 to 4 million in 2025, making them one of the most commonly dismantled electronic items in Tondo. The market is expected to double over the next 10 years, further increasing the e-waste problem.

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NEW: Selena Liang spoke with Dr. Debra Roberts, an environmental scientist and co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, about overshoot, adaptation, nuclear energy, and having reasonable expectations of climate action.

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Judges wrote, in part, "This was a well-told package spotlighting a problem that has implications beyond Nepal. We applaud Dhakal for showing the link between air quality issues in Nepal and those in the United States." “I was engaged with the story all the way through,” said one judge.

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This week on The Roots: how our contributor Lisann Dias' upbringing in Goa informed her recent coverage of resort hotel expansions in vulnerable ecosystems of the southwestern Indian state. Join us every Sunday as we discuss one of the week's top news stories:

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This weekend on The Shoots: • Why is Hilton's next hotel in Southwest India on a sand dune? • Hurricane Helene turns two • How California failed to enforce raw milk and pesticide regulations — with deadly consequences Read and subscribe to our news digest for free:

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