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New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals
"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”
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Amazon’s plastic packaging waste grew 18% in 2021, report says
The retail giant says it generated 214 million pounds of plastic waste last year. An advocacy group says it produced three times as much.
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A tiny Wisconsin town tried to stop pollution from factory farms. Then it got sued.
"This is standard operating procedure for the Big Ag boys."
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Houston is just the latest Texas city to boil water for safety
The infrastructure woes behind a water failure
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As the outdoor industry ditches ‘forever chemicals,’ REI lags behind
Here are some of the other brands that have promised to phase out PFAS.
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Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them.
With environmental and cultural strains, places like Lake Tahoe could use a break
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Inside the COP27 fight to get wealthy nations to pay climate reparations
How developing countries' 30-year battle for "loss and damage" funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.
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Draft COP27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels
The document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked.
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Qatar claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup is carbon neutral. It’s not.
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame
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It’s not just Coca-Cola: Corporations have co-opted the UN climate talks
COP27 is covered with logos. But that's just the start of companies' influence.
