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When wildfires choke California, this activist gets masks to those who need them most
With a single tweet, Quinn Redwoods started an organization that has distributed thousands of masks to people in Northern California, focusing on the most vulnerable populations.
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The ghost of Tulare Lake returns, flooding California’s Central Valley
Draining the lake allowed agriculture to thrive, but left the region vulnerable to floods.
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A spill outside Philadelphia adds to the growing list of chemical accidents this year
There have already been 50 chemical spills or fires in the U.S. this year, and it's only March.
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Want to sequester carbon? Save wild animal
Gray wolves, elephants, wildebeests, and sea otters are a few of the species that can help keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C.
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Extreme Weather
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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows
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In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat
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Boreal wildfires in 2021 released more carbon emissions than any other fire this century
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A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming
Indigenous Affairs
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With the Willow project on the horizon, some Alaska Natives worry about traditional foods
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Oscars goody bags contained ‘unseemly’ gift: certificates for Aboriginal land
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Biden administration pledges $25 million to bring bison back to tribal lands
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Sámi demonstrators end mass protests against illegal wind farm
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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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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The disease after tomorrow
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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Ghosts of Polluters Past
More climate fiction
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How the natural gas industry cozies up to utility regulators
Sponsorships, stacked panels, dance parties: Inside utilities' campaign to convince regulators of the bright future for natural gas.
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Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis
A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.
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The shift to a green energy future is renewing plantation-era water wars in Hawaii
A proposed hydro project in Kauai — the first of its kind in the world — could supply up to a quarter of the island’s power by diverting 4 billion gallons a year from the Waimea River.
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Itochu quietly assembled a gigantic home battery network in Japan
The conglomerate controls a 36,000-unit virtual power plant. Up next? Unleashing it to help the national grid decarbonize.
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What is ESG, the investment strategy under attack by Republicans?
ESG is called “woke capitalism” by the right and “greenwashing” by the left. But to most investors, it’s just common sense.
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The IPCC says we need to phase down fossil fuels, fast. Here’s how the US could do it.
A new report lists 10 policies to constrain polluting infrastructure and achieve key climate goals.
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Indigenous leaders demand a seat at international water negotiations
After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard.
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In East Kentucky, timely weather forecasts are a matter of life and death
Weather alerts can save lives — but you have to have a good internet connection.
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