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How ‘15-minute cities’ could save time, reduce emissions, and build community
Carlos Moreno, the scientist behind the concept, wrote a new book to introduce the 15-minute city to a wider audience.
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One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down
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The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Climate change is affecting parasites, but not in the way you’d expect.
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From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
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Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
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Acre by acre, the Prairie Band Potawatomi bought back their land
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Indigenous peoples rush to stop ‘false climate solutions’ ahead of next international climate meeting
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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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Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.”
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How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all
The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred.
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Texas inmates are being ‘cooked to death’ in extreme heat, complaint alleges
With the threat of another hot summer ahead, advocates asked a federal judge to declare 100-degree-plus conditions in uncooled Texas facilities unconstitutional.
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The country’s first new aluminum smelter in 45 years could cut production emissions by 75%
Century Aluminum Company hopes half a billion dollars in federal funding will help it revive a dying industry while making it less polluting.
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Illinois passed a law to clean up coal ash 5 years ago. What’s taking so long?
In one Chicago suburb, people have been waiting for relief for years.
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The world’s garment workers are on the front lines of climate impacts
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.
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New documents show oil executives promoted natural gas as green — but knew it wasn’t
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised.
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After Lāhainā, Indigenous peoples call for independence
Activists appealed to the United Nations for help staving off “disaster capitalism” in the wake of the deadly blaze.
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