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![A man with binoculars studies a sign with information about local birds]()
![A man with binoculars studies a sign with information about local birds]()
Teaching the full story of public lands
A new curriculum tells a more inclusive history of public land preservation & access in the U.S.
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![A mural depicting three coal miners is seen on the side of a building in rural West Virginia.]()
![A mural depicting three coal miners is seen on the side of a building in rural West Virginia.]()
Joe Manchin could lose his pivotal Senate seat — to another coal baron
The race between Democrats’ swing vote and Governor Jim Justice is bringing West Virginia politics to the national stage.
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![Collage of pathogen knocking out corn stalks like dominoes]()
![Collage of pathogen knocking out corn stalks like dominoes]()
The next pandemic could strike crops, not people
Genetic uniformity is central to modern farming. It leaves us vulnerable to plant disease breakouts.
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![a shirtless man stands in a burned neighborhood]()
On Maui, returning home means confronting toxic risks
A growing body of research shows that wildfires leave a trail of dangerous chemicals behind.
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![A flooded street with car]()
A tropical storm in California? Warmer waters and El Niño made it possible.
Tropical Storm Hilary adds to the lengthy list of climate-fueled disasters this summer.
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60% of Ecuadorians vote to stop drilling in Amazon rainforest
Yasuní National Park is a biodiversity hotspot and home to at least two self-isolated Indigenous tribes.
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![digital collage of back half of a pig and front half of a car with pig ear on top on green background]()
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The new ethanol? Biogas producers are pushing livestock poop as renewable.
A boom in electric vehicles might help them.
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![a woman in an orange shirt pushes a cart full of paper bags of trash through a town]()
![a woman in an orange shirt pushes a cart full of paper bags of trash through a town]()
How 2 communities, separated by an ocean, are working together to manage trash better
Grassroots groups in Manila and Detroit have teamed up in the fight against pollution.
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![A wire fence outside of a house with clothes drying on top.]()
![A wire fence outside of a house with clothes drying on top.]()
A community-led approach to prevent flooding expands in Illinois
In a region where communities of color are most impacted by flooding, RainReady is bringing together community members to create flood mitigation plans.
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![A stone sign that reads CalPERS in front of an office building and tree.]()
![A stone sign that reads CalPERS in front of an office building and tree.]()
One person stopped California’s divestment from fossil fuels — again
The state's pension funds have an estimated $14.8 billion invested in fossil fuel companies.
