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![The white and yellow flower of a Key Largo cactus is seen in full bloom. The plant is the first species in the U.S. driven to extinction by sea level rise.]()
![The white and yellow flower of a Key Largo cactus is seen in full bloom. The plant is the first species in the U.S. driven to extinction by sea level rise.]()
In a first, rising seas drove an entire species to extinction in the US
Sea level rise has eradicated a U.S. species for the first time. What's next?
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![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
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![A carpenter framing a house positions a truss while assembling the roof.]()
![A carpenter framing a house positions a truss while assembling the roof.]()
Canada makes an unprecedented push for multifamily housing
To tap billions in new infrastructure funds, provinces must require cities to abandon zoning laws that favor single-family homes and encourage climate-friendlier fourplexes.
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Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch.
Besieged by logging, fires, and pests, this global balancing act might not last long.
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
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Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution
Steel companies that process taconite release a slew of pollutants — and they're suing the EPA over new regulations.
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![Collage of two speech bubbles containing earth, one marked up with proofreading symbols]()
![Collage of two speech bubbles containing earth, one marked up with proofreading symbols]()
Is there a wrong way to talk about climate change?
In a provocative new book, Genevieve Guenther argues that too many conversations are happening on the fossil fuel industry's terms.
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![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
![Illustration shows a woman in a futuristic room wearing a tattered yellow dress. She is looking in a mirror and the reflection shows a woman wearing a pristine yellow dress standing in a 1950s-style room.]()
Heirloom
In a haven city defined by scientific progress, one woman hides a gift from her ancestors that contains a key to the future.
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![A woman with red hair sits in front of a body of water.]()
![A woman with red hair sits in front of a body of water.]()
Grist and Blue Ridge Public Radio hire Katie Myers to cover Appalachia
She will be Grist's fourth regional reporter.
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![People receive free food at a distribution site after a hurricane.]()
![People receive free food at a distribution site after a hurricane.]()
Hunger was already bad enough. Then Beryl hit.
Food spoils when the power goes out, exposing more people to hunger and food insecurity. But the crisis goes deeper than that.
