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You don’t need a partner this cuffing season — but you do need to keep up on the war against abortion access
This week, we’re sharing some fantastic and fascinating long reads on the battle for reproductive rights.
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Things are complicated between Arctic sea ice and air pollution
Some emissions are warming it up. Others are cooling it down.
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Marine reserves are a bright spot in a dark year
Palau will protect nearly 200,000 square miles of ocean. That makes a million square miles of new marine reserves for the year.
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Young people: Now is your chance to tell the EPA what to do about the climate
The environmental agency formalizes a unit for young people to make suggestions and proposals for dealing with climate change.
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Mexico coast to be hit by record-breaking hurricane
Hurricane Patricia just became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western hemisphere.
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Meet the Republican magnate who’s funding a push for climate action
Andy Sabin has spent big money to create a climate law center and to back GOP candidates like Jeb Bush who he thinks will break the climate stalemate.
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One more reason the prison industrial complex is awful: The physical distance it puts between people
The prison industrial complex makes car travel necessary, but the answer isn't to eco-shame the loved ones of incarcerated people.
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Here are some surprising findings about religious people and science
Highly religious people are more likely to see science and religion in harmony than the nonreligious, according to a new study.
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Climate change more catastrophic for the global economy than we thought
A new study predicts that global economic output will fall by 23 percent by 2100 due to climate change, relative to a world without it.
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Paying extra to get that new iPhone faster? It’s a bad deal
Leasing your phone gets you more frequent upgrades, but what does that mean for the planet?