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Insurance experts rank climate change as top risk for 2019
A survey of professional actuaries ranked it higher than cyber crimes, terrorism, or financial insecurity.
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A tale of two Washingtons: How Jay Inslee aims to take his climate plan nationwide
Can the Washington governor break through all the talk about the Green New Deal?
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Should I trade in my grocery trips for a meal kit subscription?
To paraphrase Natasha Bedingfield, the future is not pre-packaged.
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The House passes a climate bill for the first time in a freaking decade
The bill is aimed at reaffirming American commitment to the Paris Agreement, a global climate accord that President Trump unceremoniously tried to ditch six months into his presidency.
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Renewable energy outpaced coal in April for the first time ever
Renewable energy had a little spring in its step this year.
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Climate experts to New York: Go green or go home
Zero net emissions by 2040? Now that Democrats have full control of the state legislature, policy experts say New York can (and should) do it.
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‘Our last truly wild place’: New documentary takes you on a trip to the Texas border
Most Americans don't really know what the southern border looks like. “The River and the Wall” is trying to change that.
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America’s largest irrigated crop is in your yard
Lawns suck up water, fertilizer, and time. Here's a look at how we got into this wasteful mess -- and where we could go from here.
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Lawns are the No. 1 irrigated ‘crop’ in America. They need to die.
It’s time to culturally stigmatize the classic over-watered, over-fertilized, over-mowed American lawn.
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‘Climate denial’ just made it into the dictionary. Wait, what?
Microplastic, omnicide, petrichor: Merriam-Webster's newest batch of environmental words.
