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What makes a ‘regenerative’ egg better than the rest?
Climate-conscious customers are forced to make best guesses when trying to use a grocery list to better the planet.
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Kamala Harris told migrants ‘do not come’ but didn’t address the biggest cause of displacement
The government’s plan to tackle immigration has a hurricane-sized hole in it.
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It’s raining ‘forever chemicals’ in the Great Lakes
Scientists found high levels of PFAS in raindrops across several states.
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Ban Ki-moon wants to solve the climate crisis with kindness
The former U.N. secretary-general on the dinner parties and diplomacy that led to the Paris Agreement.
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The art of repeal: illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy — and Biden’s daunting task ahead
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The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.
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6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
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We’re running out of time to flatten the curve — for climate change
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Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
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How we calculated the size of the Southwest’s abandoned oil well problem
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Fix combines creative storytelling with network-building and events
What Pacific Islanders know about climate change and injustice
The Future of Cities
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How returning lands to Native tribes is helping protect nature
From California to Maine, land is being given back to Native American tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation.
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United’s supersonic planes would be a ‘massively polluting’ disaster
The true cost of faster-than-sound aviation.
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Report: Climate action is a double-edged sword for nature
Here’s why that matters.
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Texas Republican asks: Can we fix the moon’s orbit to fight climate change?
“I’d have to follow up with you on that one,” says forestry official Jennifer Eberlien to bizarre question from Louie Gohmert.
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What makes a ‘regenerative’ egg better than the rest?
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![Illustration: Two First Nations men in a red canoe harvesting wild rice, with a pipeline under the water]()
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The Line 3 pipeline protests are about much more than climate change
Indigenous treaty rights may be key to protecting Minnesota’s wild rice waters from oil spills.
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Kamala Harris told migrants ‘do not come’ but didn’t address the biggest cause of displacement
The government’s plan to tackle immigration has a hurricane-sized hole in it.
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Temperature Check
In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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