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![Steps leading to a home with sewage and wastewater in the yard directly below]()
![Steps leading to a home with sewage and wastewater in the yard directly below]()
An Alabama clean water fund discriminated against Black communities, complaint alleges
The state is accused of making access to federal dollars so hard that the people who needed it most got nothing.
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UN reaches historic agreement to protect the world’s oceans
The treaty, if ratified, will establish a new set of rules aimed at conserving marine species and ecosystems.
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![Sámi demonstrators protesting against an illegal wind farm on traditional reindeer grazing lands gather in front of the royal palace in Norway. A young woman holds onto the skull of a reindeer and looks off camera with a stern gaze.]()
![Sámi demonstrators protesting against an illegal wind farm on traditional reindeer grazing lands gather in front of the royal palace in Norway. A young woman holds onto the skull of a reindeer and looks off camera with a stern gaze.]()
Sámi demonstrators end mass protests against illegal wind farm
Norway apologizes for its human rights violations, but intends to keep project operational.
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![Illustration of a man on a jet ski. He is looking at a faded pink hotel that just pokes up above the water's surface.]()
![Illustration of a man on a jet ski. He is looking at a faded pink hotel that just pokes up above the water's surface.]()
Ocean Bikies Take Cyclone Season
Despite rising seas, a band of coastal-dwelling Goori honor their traditions surfing monster waves.
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![Illustration of a young Maori man sitting on the roof of a shipping container home.]()
![Illustration of a young Maori man sitting on the roof of a shipping container home.]()
Starlight Is Kinda Bright
On the day he is to marry, the son of a Māori chief questions his place in his community.
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![Illustration of a young South Asian man holding an antique brass horn that once was mounted on a ship. He stands against a vibrant backdrop of swirling colors.]()
![Illustration of a young South Asian man holding an antique brass horn that once was mounted on a ship. He stands against a vibrant backdrop of swirling colors.]()
Sweet Water From Salt
A grieving son protects his family’s beehives as he steers them home aboard his parents’ ship.
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![Pack ice along the east coast of Greenland.]()
![Pack ice along the east coast of Greenland.]()
Greenland’s marine ecosystem is experiencing a radical ‘regime change’
Warming seas and dwindling sea ice are bringing new species to Arctic waters, a potentially irreversible tipping point for the ecosystem.
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![A row of green plants intersects a row of blooming trees with white flowers.]()
![A row of green plants intersects a row of blooming trees with white flowers.]()
A chilling effect: How farms can help pollinators survive the stress of climate change
“Complex landscape structures" on farms could create microclimates with lower temperatures that aid bees, birds, and plants.
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![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
![A scientist in googles and a white lab coat works in a row of white and yellow machines with lots of tubes.]()
From lab to market, bio-based products are gaining momentum
Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. Made from plants, fungi, and microbes, these new materials aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse.
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![Photo of a pot sitting above flames burning on a gas stove.]()
![Photo of a pot sitting above flames burning on a gas stove.]()
The hazards of gas stoves were flagged by the industry — and hidden — 50 years ago
Utilities knew about the dangers of indoor air pollution in 1972 and downplayed them, a DeSmog investigation found.
