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A landmark fund for climate reparations is beginning to languish
Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up.
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As climate change helps mosquitoes spread disease, critics push for alternatives to pesticides
In response to outbreaks of West Nile virus and EEE, cities spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Is there a better way?
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In Florida’s Big Bend, small towns bear the brunt of Helene’s impact
After three hurricanes in a year, the cycle of recovery continues in hamlets along the state’s west coast.
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The climate fight that’s holding up the farm bill
11 percent of the country’s emissions come from agriculture. Will Congress do anything about it?
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‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis
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How schools, hospitals, and prisons in 15 states profit from land and resources on 79 tribal nations
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Top 5 takeaways of our investigation into state trust lands on reservations
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Nearly 200 people were killed last year protecting the environment
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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The people who feed America are going hungry
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short, experts say
New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”
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The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It’s nearly impossible to access.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
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‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating
The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy.
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After battering coastal towns, Hurricane Helene causes deadly flooding across five states
“This is not a fluke. We should expect to see more rapidly intensifying hurricanes in a warming climate.”
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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This Florida neighborhood recovered from flood after flood. Will it survive Helene?
A record-breaking storm surge battered the Shore Acres community in St. Petersburg. Many residents say they are tired of rebuilding.
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The election could shape the future of America’s food system
The nation’s agricultural policies — and the price of your food — are at stake this November.
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The ‘perfect’ conditions that could make Hurricane Helene ‘unsurvivable’
The storm could rapidly intensify into Category 4 strength as it passes over the steaming-hot Gulf of Mexico, sending a huge surge of water ashore.
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The EPA funded citizen science to address gaps in air monitoring. Will it result in cleaner air?
Funding communities burdened by pollution to monitor air quality is the “do-it-yourself approach to public health," one researcher said.
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