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Extreme heat drives up food prices. Just how bad will it get?
New research shows that climate change is already fueling heatflation, with worse to come.
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‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
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In Utah, climate concerns are now motivating candidates
Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
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How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods
Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.
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How climate change is making us sick
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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A loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable
"They’re going to declare victory on this one and move on."
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Plastic chemicals are inescapable — and they’re messing with our hormones
Researchers say the U.N.'s global plastics treaty must reduce production and protect public health.
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It’s official: US air quality got worse in 2023
A new report finds wildfire smoke from Canada tipped the scales.
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Santander has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LNG buildout in the Gulf
The funds for the liquified natural gas terminals went against the bank’s own policy on fossil fuel investments.
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With its new tailpipe rules, the EPA eyes an electric future
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed."
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California’s concerning embrace of a new forest biomass industry
Questions about environmental safety and community health loom over the greenwashed industry and proposed export scheme.
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Amazon says its plastic packaging can be recycled. An investigation finds it usually isn’t.
Trackers placed in 93 bundles of Amazon packaging marked for "store drop-off" recycling showed many of them were buried or burned.
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At prom, fast fashion slows down
A Michigan high school shows how style and sustainability can mix at prom.
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