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2020 was the year climate podcasts went mainstream. Here are our favorites.
These five new shows about climate solutions and activists gave us something to feel good about this year.
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Biden needs an EPA chief. Here’s the shortlist.
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to unveil his nominee for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency any day now.
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Wild crops could save our food system — if we don’t destroy them first
Endangered sunflowers, lost potatoes, and rare walnut trees: The food system depends on wild plants.
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He helps former inmates find firefighting jobs — and defend California against climate disasters
Brandon Smith cofounded the Forestry and Fire Protection Service to help formerly incarcerated firefighters like himself get the training and resources they need to find fire jobs.
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Climate change is giving ‘Christmastown, USA’ an identity crisis
My Christmassy hometown is looking less and less like a winter wonderland.
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Should hospitals reuse medical supplies? A new study says yes.
There’s a way to cut down on medical waste and emissions without compromising patient safety.
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Here’s looking at you, 2021
Predictions, good news, and gift guides to give you hope for the new year.
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As South Africa clings to coal, a struggle for the right to breathe
Residents of the nation’s most coal-intensive region are suing to force the government to clean up choking air pollution.
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Yes, there’s still bitter division over climate policy. That’s progress, folks.
Clashes erupted when Biden tapped BlackRock’s Brian Deese to lead the National Economic Council, but nobody’s resume will be spotless in the transition to clean energy.
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The Fix guide to holiday giving
Four "Fix-perts" on creative non-gifts and COVID-safe activities that’ll help you celebrate the holidays (without the mountain of trash).