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This weed is taking over the planet. On the upside, it’s delicious
Palmer amaranth, a.k.a. pigweed, is defying all our efforts to beat it back. Why not eat it instead?
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Is the Anthropocene a world of hope or a world of hurt?
For better or worse, we're running this planet now. What's wrong with saying we might be able to pull that off? A conversation between Andrew Revkin and Clive Hamilton.
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Water supply key to outcome of conflicts in Iraq and Syria, experts warn
Security analysts in London and Baghdad say control of rivers and dams has become a major tactical weapon for ISIS.
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Borneo’s adorable vampire squirrel is threatened by deforestation
On the plus side for the squirrel, with no trees, it will be harder to make stakes.
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One judge’s smackdown of a Colorado coal mine could help fight carbon projects everywhere
A coal mine expansion snags on the 'social cost of carbon protocol' — a boring bit of legalese that could one day prove invaluable in the climate fight.
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Meet the gleaners — fighting hunger and climate change at the same time
The United Nations estimates that one-third of all food worldwide is wasted. A new breed of activists and entrepreneurs is out to stop that.
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Congressional candidates compete over who is most pro–fossil fuel
In the races where energy is a big issue, both Democrats and Republicans are pledging their fealty to coal, oil, and gas.
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Meet the one creature that isn’t bothered by climate change
If you guessed cockroaches, you would be WRONG.
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Gay rights activists ally with greens in the climate fight
Queers for the Climate is a new activist group focused on "saving the straights" (and the planet) from imminent environmental ruin.
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The secret to richer, carbon-capturing soil? Treat your microbes well
We don't have to understand every detail of the amazingly complex soil microbiome. We just have to feed it right, and it might work wonders.