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![Man sitting in a hospital bed with his hand resting on his chest]()
![Man sitting in a hospital bed with his hand resting on his chest]()
5 things to know about the fungal infection valley fever
Learn how the disease spreads, how to recognize common symptoms, and how it's diagnosed and treated.
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![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
![a national park sign on an a-frame stand reads 'acadia is changing, so are we']()
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
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![Urban planner and public artist Sabina Sethi Unni stars as an humanized flood sensor – a tool that detects high water levels and delivers that data to a publicly-accessible map - in her community play Flood Sensor Aunty.]()
![Urban planner and public artist Sabina Sethi Unni stars as an humanized flood sensor – a tool that detects high water levels and delivers that data to a publicly-accessible map - in her community play Flood Sensor Aunty.]()
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters
"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."
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![A crowd of people ride e-bikes in downtown Washington DC]()
![A crowd of people ride e-bikes in downtown Washington DC]()
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously
E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.
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![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
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![A panoramic view of the Kigluaik Mountains in western Alaska is seen from the road between the towns of Nome and Mary's Igloo.]()
![A panoramic view of the Kigluaik Mountains in western Alaska is seen from the road between the towns of Nome and Mary's Igloo.]()
In Alaska, a graphite mine races toward approval without the required tribal consent
A project in western Alaska is being fast-tracked in a process that has not yet included legally required consultations with Inupiaq communities.
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![Presiden Xi Jinping on a giant screen in United Nations meeting room]()
![Presiden Xi Jinping on a giant screen in United Nations meeting room]()
10 years after the Paris Agreement, countries are still missing climate deadlines
Meanwhile, emissions have continued to rise since the landmark treaty was signed.
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![La Cumplida coffee farm]()
![La Cumplida coffee farm]()
La Cumplida shows how coffee can restore ecosystems and economies
La Cumplida has turned deforested hills into thriving shade-grown coffee farms, showing that healing the land can also grow profits.
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![A river runs through a rural area]()
Texas floods showed why many rural communities feel abandoned in a crisis
Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and frustrate.
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![Activists are holding up signs]()
California extends cap-and-trade, as Indigenous nations grapple with the trade-offs
The Yurok Tribe has earned tens of millions from offsets, but critics say carbon markets perpetuate colonialism and allow companies to pay to pollute.
