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What would it take to end the meat culture wars?
A COP28 proposal to eat less meat would come amid a right-wing backlash against alternatives.
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TikTok made cottage cheese cool. Can it do the same for climate-friendly eating?
A growing contingent of plant-based and low-waste creators suggests that sustainable eating could "go viral" — but maybe not in the way we expect.
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In France, zero-waste experiments tackle a tough problem: People’s habits
Local initiatives in Roubaix and Nouvelle-Aquitaine try different strategies for waste reduction — and behavior change.
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At COP28, world leaders turn a belated spotlight on human health
Climate health experts applauded the milestone but emphasized the need to phaseout fossil fuels.
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Extreme Weather
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The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict
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Extreme heat led to a Taylor Swift fan’s death in Brazil. Could it have been prevented?
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Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community moves forward with first solar canal project in the US
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A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
Indigenous Affairs
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Here’s what’s at stake for Indigenous peoples at COP28
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The Lower Sioux in Minnesota need homes — so they are building them from hemp
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Still concerned about the Dakota Access pipeline? The feds are asking for comment, 7 years later.
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New US climate report says land theft and colonization amplify the climate crisis for Indigenous peoples
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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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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
Meet the Fixers
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Most Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stoves
A poll finds less than one-third of Americans want a fully electric home. That number jumps to 60 percent if people can continue cooking with methane.
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In Michigan, the controversial Line 5 pipeline gets one step closer to the finish line
Opponents have called the decision by the state's Public Service Commission "disastrous" and "reprehensible."
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The overlooked climate solution making headway at COP28: Doing more with less
Doubling the annual pace of energy efficiency progress would achieve half of the emissions reductions needed by 2030.
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Illinois governor cancels migrant tent city on toxic land
It's a major win for activists who opposed the controversial project.
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Building sustainable roads in emerging economies
A powerful new approach can help developing countries make road construction and maintenance greener and more affordable.
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Indian companies are bringing one of the world’s most toxic industries to Africa. People are getting sick.
Families near battery recycling plants face “dangerous" levels of lead in their blood and in soil, testing shows.
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Plastic credits are supposed to support new cleanup projects. Do they?
Critics say they won’t work, for one of the same reasons carbon credits haven’t.
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The best forest managers? Indigenous peoples, study says.
Scientists suggest that long term, local governance is the best way to save forests.
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