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Could Rikers Island rehabilitate New York City’s dirty energy grid?
New York's dirty gas plants were supposed to be temporary. Years later, here's the city's plan to replace them with renewables.
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Remodeling? Meet the guy who’s cleaning up home improvement
This website can help you navigate the crazy world of sustainable renovation.
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![A fire crew hikes past McClure Reservoir in New Mexico en route to conducting a prescribed burn]()
![A fire crew hikes past McClure Reservoir in New Mexico en route to conducting a prescribed burn]()
For a warming world, a new strategy for protecting watersheds
In the hot, dry West, water managers are learning the benefits of prescribed burns and thinning trees.
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Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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![Twelve-year-old climate activist Haven Coleman attaches some leaves to one of her signs while protesting outside Denver City Hall.]()
![Twelve-year-old climate activist Haven Coleman attaches some leaves to one of her signs while protesting outside Denver City Hall.]()
Meet the 12-year-old activist taking politicians to task over climate change
"Why shouldn’t I try and save all you adults?"
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Can hamburgers survive the Green New Deal? The facts behind Trump and Ocasio-Cortez’s latest beef
The biggest problem with beef isn’t farting cows.
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‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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Your ultra-soft toilet paper is ultra-bad for the planet
Hey, toilet-paper snobs! You're putting everyone's butt on the line!
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It’s time for California to let some of its thirsty farmland go
There just isn’t enough water, according to a new report.
