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Ending the sale of gas cars by 2030 was a radical idea. What changed?
7 factors driving the switch to electric vehicles.
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![R. Mukaro Borrero speaks at a podium with a drum at a BLM protest]()
![R. Mukaro Borrero speaks at a podium with a drum at a BLM protest]()
Indigenous Taíno of Puerto Rico take their fight for visibility and rights to the UN
Without US representation, the Taíno advocate for environmental justice and cultural preservation internationally.
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![Michal Freedhoff speaks to the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Oct. 27, 2021.]()
![Michal Freedhoff speaks to the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Oct. 27, 2021.]()
She’s supposed to protect Americans from toxic chemicals. First, she just has to fix Trump’s mess and decades of neglect.
Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff, and increasingly angry advocates.
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![Attorney General Bonta speaks, surroundd by staff and with two garbage bags in front of him]()
![Attorney General Bonta speaks, surroundd by staff and with two garbage bags in front of him]()
California opens investigation into ‘decades-long plastics deception campaign’
The state's attorney general argues fossil fuel companies have long known recycling is a "myth."
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![Maria Violet Medina Quiscue, an Indigenous woman of the Pueblo Nasa in Colombia, looks directly at the camera. She is seated at a table with a microphone and a sign reading Indigenous Peoples Organization]()
![Maria Violet Medina Quiscue, an Indigenous woman of the Pueblo Nasa in Colombia, looks directly at the camera. She is seated at a table with a microphone and a sign reading Indigenous Peoples Organization]()
Indigenous women call for financial institutions to stop investing in extraction
Engagement isn't an option; we must divest from these industries, they say.
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![iPhone with cracked screen; top half is turning into square pixels that are floating off of the device]()
![iPhone with cracked screen; top half is turning into square pixels that are floating off of the device]()
Apple just launched its first self-repair program. Other tech companies are about to follow.
Under pressure from shareholders, Big Tech is finally making device repair easier.
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![A view of recently cleared land for palm oil plantations]()
Despite COP26 pledges, the world is losing way too many trees
A new report says the world's pristine forests were destroyed at a relentless rate in 2021.
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![Surplus corn harvested in 2010 is piled outside a farmer's co-op storage silo December 4, 2010 in Paoli, Colorado]()
![Surplus corn harvested in 2010 is piled outside a farmer's co-op storage silo December 4, 2010 in Paoli, Colorado]()
Biofuels are getting a second look — and some tough questions
Bioethanol has been touted as a green way to cut reliance on Russian oil. But new modeling suggests it isn't the climate solution we'd hoped for.
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![Makanalani Malia Gomes, a Pacific representative of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, speaking; two blurry people in the background]()
![Makanalani Malia Gomes, a Pacific representative of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus, speaking; two blurry people in the background]()
Following 14,000-gallon fuel spill, Pacific representatives call for UN investigation
Indigenous youth caucus calls for demilitarization of Hawaii and the Pacific.
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![collage of bare apple tree covered in snow with pruning shears, leaves, and abstract red circles]()
![collage of bare apple tree covered in snow with pruning shears, leaves, and abstract red circles]()
What I learned from pruning Milwaukee’s orphaned fruit trees
People are planting more trees. But they're not always prepared to take care of them.
