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![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
![Collage: an ear surrounded by vintage illustrations of a chickadee, a whippoorwill, a loon, a toad, and a humpback whale, music notes, sound waves, and cutout bars of marbled texture]()
How climate change is muting nature’s symphony
From warbling loons to chirping toads, rising temperatures threaten some of the Earth’s most iconic sounds.
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![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
![Small houses connected by a glowing yellow line in the shape of a lightning bolt with lights flickering on in the windows]()
The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
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![Arctic Alaska North Slope Oil Development]()
![Arctic Alaska North Slope Oil Development]()
Is the Biden administration fast-tracking a ‘carbon disaster’ in Alaska?
Documents obtained by Grist show that Congressional Democrats' requests for more time to review ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project have been met with silence.
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![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
![Collage: an open mouth surrounded by leaves, chopsticks, plates with leafy greens on them, plants growing up from cracks in sidewalks, and a wok with a pile of leaves inside it]()
How foraging for edible plants helped me connect with my roots
What started as foraging for mugwort in New York City became a new way to think about migration and belonging.
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![two firefighters stand looking at a huge red blaze]()
![two firefighters stand looking at a huge red blaze]()
As the West burns, House passes major drought and wildfire resilience package
The legislation would prevent fires, bump pay for firefighters, and protect water resources.
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![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
![Collage: circles of oil slicks, a gas station sign, a vintage car cut in half, a nose, a gas canister, and a perfume bottle]()
Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline
Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.
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![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
![Green pipelines under construction for the Keystone XL pipeline in Alberta, Canada.]()
How a conservative US network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada
Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated.’
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![A group of people are rescued in a boat in muddy waters surrounded by mountains.]()
![A group of people are rescued in a boat in muddy waters surrounded by mountains.]()
As lawmakers consider climate bill, devastating floods hit central US
Parts of Kentucky and Missouri saw nine inches of rain in just a few hours.
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![the U.S. Capitol building at sunrise]()
Here’s what’s in the Senate’s $369 billion for climate and energy
The Democrats’ deal with Manchin is a climate landmark that would also boost fossil fuels.
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![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
![A photo of four men in hard hats on a rooftop, installing blue solar panels. They are bound by safety harnesses. Two men watch them from the ground.]()
Biden’s under-the-radar executive moves would make solar cheaper for low-income renters
Before the Manchin news broke, Biden announced a slate of climate measures.
