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Minnesota teens take a stand for the Green New Deal
It’s the latest sign that the the idea of promoting social and environmental progress together is gaining steam.
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U.S. smog can come from China? And other facts about pollution’s toxic travels
Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy: “There is so much we can learn if we don’t think in isolation.”
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Watching too much hurricane coverage is bad for your mental health
A new study finds that people who consumed the most media during and after Hurricane Irma had worse mental health outcomes.
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PG&E’s bankruptcy will slow California’s climate efforts
Climate change is bad for PG&E, but PG&E is kinda good for the climate.
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Only you (and a bunch of goats) can prevent forest fires
Move over, rakes. The goats are headed for California's excess brush and they're hungry.
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Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.
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My hometown is going to burn. Here’s how my neighbors are preparing
Can neighborhood burn squads save California from the next big wildfire?
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Sportsmen flex their political muscles
In the midterms, public land access issues helped several candidates nab governorships.
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California’s Camp Fire was the most expensive natural disaster worldwide in 2018
The state’s deadliest fire ever was also the world’s costliest catastrophe in 2018.
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Trump’s swap of ‘irreplaceable’ wilderness allows millions of dollars in seafood transport
A road through a national refuge in Alaska is meant to be for medical evacuations. But a little-known loophole lets it move fish, not just patients.
