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![Illustration: The Giving Tree with initials carved in it]()
![Illustration: The Giving Tree with initials carved in it]()
‘The Giving Tree’: How a children’s book became a parable for the climate crisis
And the Earth was happy. But not really.
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![a photo still from the movie Twilight with a foggy blue tree background and Edward and Bella in the foreground]()
![a photo still from the movie Twilight with a foggy blue tree background and Edward and Bella in the foreground]()
The ‘Twilight’ romance no one talks about
Bella fell for Forks and its forests. That fantasy transformed the town's reality.
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The evidence that the world has passed ‘peak car’
A look at how transportation could change without an addiction to automobiles.
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![A firefighter wearing a yellow vest, orange helmet and black pants walks past burned houses in Los Angeles. In the background, against the blue sky, semi-burnt trees are visible.]()
![A firefighter wearing a yellow vest, orange helmet and black pants walks past burned houses in Los Angeles. In the background, against the blue sky, semi-burnt trees are visible.]()
No matter the fire risk, California insurance companies can’t cancel your policy
State officials have banned companies from revoking renewals of policies in high fire risk areas.
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![A small airplane rests on a runway.]()
![A small airplane rests on a runway.]()
The EPA may finally reckon with aviation’s dirty secret
"It’s unconscionable to think about the hundreds of thousands of children that have been exposed to lead over all of these years from airport activity."
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![Hundreds of progressive youth climate activists protest outside the U.S. Capitol]()
![Hundreds of progressive youth climate activists protest outside the U.S. Capitol]()
Sierra Club and Sunrise Movement react to criticism for toxic workplace cultures
Both groups say they've recommitted to supporting communities facing the brunt of the climate crisis.
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![A car is submerged in water due to Tropical Storm Henri]()
![A car is submerged in water due to Tropical Storm Henri]()
North America’s very wet weekend bears the fingerprints of climate change
From Tropical Storm Henri to floods in Tennessee, here’s how rising temperatures are linked to extreme weather.
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![a large black snake encircles a tree branch against a blue sky]()
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How reptiles in the city went from native species to urban legend
We have been inventing stories about reptiles in the city since long before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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![a landscape scene where large, red flames burn behind trees and power lines]()
![a landscape scene where large, red flames burn behind trees and power lines]()
Can burying power lines prevent California’s next big wildfire?
PG&E, one of the country’s largest utilities, wants to put 10,000 miles of lines underground.
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How ‘FernGully’ ended up in the West Virginia coal mines
The classic movie made fairies out to be nature’s champions. They weren’t always seen that way.
