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In this episode of “Protecting the Planet,” CBS News senior environmental correspondent Ben Tracy explores the connection between climate change and the natural disasters that affected our world in 2023.
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No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13 (KJV)
You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. Leviticus 19:11 (ESV)
Wealth is treacherous, and the arrogant are never at rest. They open their mouths as wide as the grave, and like death, they are never satisfied. In their greed they have gathered up many nations and swallowed many peoples. Habakkuk 2:5 (NLT)
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The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organization that helps plan for natural disasters and distributes financial assistance.
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The historic rain and flooding in parts of Arkansas, Kentucky and other states caused by intense April thunderstorms was likelier and also more intense because of climate change.
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The carbon footprint of the world’s wealthiest 10% has been responsible for two-thirds of global heating over the past 35 years.
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Emissions from abandoned coalmines, oil and gas wells globally are larger than any single country except China, the US and Russia...
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The Department of Health and Human Services, under President Donald Trump and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., swiftly un-fired a large number of people dismissed as part of sweeping agency cuts, CBS News reported, including health care workers for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new limitations on a form of biological research his administration says caused the Covid-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China.
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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Michigan and Hawaii over their planned legal actions against fossil fuel companies for the harm their greenhouse gas emissions caused by contributing to the climate crisis.
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The Trump administration just sued two states for daring to sue Big Oil over climate harm—sparking outrage from legal experts and advocates.
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Despite all the recent rain, the D.C. region remains under a drought watch. Now, that begs the question, will water restrictions come into play this summer?
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Bill Gates is calling out fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk over cuts made to US government spending under his watch through the Department of Government Efficiency, saying the gutting of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) would lead to millions of deaths around the world.
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It is one of the first studies to isolate the effect of climate change on mortality, and shows how far-reaching wildfire smoke events can be.
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Eleven states have seen double or more tornado reports through May this year than the same time period last year.
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Feeding the world sustainably is an incredibly complex challenge, yet some people are trying to sell us a bucolic fairytale, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot...
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President Donald Trump is preparing to go to war with the pharmaceutical industry as the White House plans to unveil a sweeping plan to slash Medicare drug prices by linking them to lower costs abroad, according to a new report in Politico.
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Thanks to President Donald Trump's trade war, Kentucky's alcohol exports to Canada have plummeted, endangering the economy of one of the reddest states in the country. Now, the lone Democrat in Kentucky's Congressional delegation is sounding the alarm.
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Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm. Sweeping cuts imposed by the Trump administration, they told higher-ups in an email, were causing “severe and immediate impacts,” including to “life-saving cancer trials.”
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Twenty attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services. CBS News digital reporter Alexander Tin has more.
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Climate change is responsible for thousands of wildfire-related deaths and $11 billion in associated losses every year, a new study finds. This key contributor to wildfire behavior has led to approximately 15,000 deaths over 15 years and a cumulative economic burden of $160 billion, due to exposure to fine particulate matter in smoke, according to…
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On Saturday morning, May 3, one of Wall Street's most prominent billionaires — Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett — sounded the alarm about President Donald Trump's steep new tariffs during the company's annual shareholder media.
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