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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Within the cracks of rock slabs, sand, and soil, this water sinks, swells, and flows — sometimes just a few feet under the surface, sometimes 30,000 feet below. Trees are drowning as the soil becomes soupier , starving their roots of oxygen. West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

AGreenLiving

The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s. The engineering of waterways, oil and gas development and sea level rise have erased 2,000 square miles from the Louisiana coastline since the 1930s.

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Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Much later, the unit would be embroiled in the manufactured “ ClimateGate ” scandal, after an unknown hacker published a cache of emails from its scientists in November, 2009. Shell explained at the time that it wanted to prepare itself to deal as “effectively as possible” with seasonal fluctuations in demand for oil.