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![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
![Illustration of a Black woman looking out a window over a farm. In the distance, a rocket launches towards space.]()
Earthbound
To stay or go? The woman she loves, or the land she's nurtured? A farmer grapples with life, death, and love on a fire-worn planet.
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![A group of people rally at an airport, holding up signs]()
Workers across the US rally after string of heat-related deaths
Airport, retail, and agricultural workers in 13 cities are demanding elected officials enact heat protections.
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![A large industrial room with a 'Food Bank' sign against the wall contains long metal tables with six very large red mesh bags of brown potatoes on them]()
![A large industrial room with a 'Food Bank' sign against the wall contains long metal tables with six very large red mesh bags of brown potatoes on them]()
How food banks prevented 1.8 million metric tons of carbon emissions last year
Redistributing food before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger — it also fights climate change.
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The American West’s megafires are silencing birds
One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15 percent following particularly smoky days, according to a new study.
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![A man in jeans and a collared shirt stands among houses under construction]()
How the Marshall Fire sparked a political transformation in Colorado
After the fire destroyed his town in 2021, a state rep took on insurance companies, mortgage lenders, and landlords — and beat them all.
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![Digital collage of a politician giving a speech at a podium in front of an American flag with two hands holding a sign that reads Yes to Renewable Energy Now!]()
![Digital collage of a politician giving a speech at a podium in front of an American flag with two hands holding a sign that reads Yes to Renewable Energy Now!]()
Politicians don’t get how popular climate action is. That’s a problem.
The misperception gap widens when officials get more money from fossil fuel interests.
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We’re in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?
"Earth Overshoot Day" reminds us that humans consume more resources than the planet can provide. Correcting that requires reimagining human behavior.
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![A man with short black hair, a beard, and glasses stares into the distance.]()
Minnesota settles ‘deceptive environmental marketing’ lawsuit over ‘recycling’ plastic bags
The lawsuit was among a burgeoning crop of plastics litigation amid growing awareness of a global plastics crisis.
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![A series of power lines stand against a blue sky.]()
Biden administration announces more than $2 billion in grants to boost US power grid
The grid is overburdened, under-resourced — and vital to the energy transition. New federal funding aims to increase capacity and get more clean energy built.
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How the 2024 Paris Olympics handled the heat — and didn’t
The summer games can't compete with rising temperatures. Here's what that means for the future of the Olympics.
