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11 Dead Following Shooting at a Pittsburgh Synagogue

First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue where a shooter opened fire Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Gene J. Puskar/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 4:20 pm ET: Local officials confirm that 11 people were killed and six were injured—including four police officers—in the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue on…

What’s Really Needed to Fight Climate Change Is Money, and Trump Will Not Contribute a Cent

Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under the 2015 Paris climate accord, 195 national governments committed to curbing carbon emissions to mitigate climate change. After the Trump administration…

Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser Actually Said That Clean Air Saves No Lives

Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to…