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Seed the North: Fighting climate change, one sprout at a time
Can an innovative approach to reforestation take root in British Columbia?
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![Portraits of Grist CEO Brady Piñero Walkinshaw; principal of Black Futures Labs, Alicia Garza; and co-director of Soul Fire Farms, Leah Penniman appear next to text which reads,]()
![Portraits of Grist CEO Brady Piñero Walkinshaw; principal of Black Futures Labs, Alicia Garza; and co-director of Soul Fire Farms, Leah Penniman appear next to text which reads,]()
WATCH: A live chat with Alicia Garza and Leah Penniman on climate and racial justice
A live conversation on the recipe for a just and sustainable future.
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Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages
A decade on, scientists find rising seas pushed flooding into the homes of 71,000 more people.
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After a Trump-length pause, the EPA is relaunching a major climate change report
Drawing on data from 50 government agencies, the EPA has published 54 indicators of global warming.
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![Four years after then California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order to lift the California's drought emergency, the state has re-entered a drought emergency with water levels dropping in the state's reservoirs. Water levels at Lake Oroville have dropped to 42 percent of its 3,537,577 acre foot capacity. The lake is a sliver of blue between arid hills of exposed lakebed.]()
![Four years after then California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order to lift the California's drought emergency, the state has re-entered a drought emergency with water levels dropping in the state's reservoirs. Water levels at Lake Oroville have dropped to 42 percent of its 3,537,577 acre foot capacity. The lake is a sliver of blue between arid hills of exposed lakebed.]()
Two-thirds of California’s counties are in a drought emergency. Get used to it.
Water scarcity is now a permanent feature.
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Cheers? Rising temperatures could make Michigan the next great wine hub.
By 2024, Michigan hopes to have an estimated 10,000 acres in wine grape cultivation.
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Cicadas like to be on time. But are they getting confused by climate change?
Brood X cicadas can be tricked by warming temperatures.
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Untold victims of rising temperatures: Multiple sclerosis patients
A new study shows that above-average temperatures are sending individuals with MS to the hospital.
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![a photo of the Florida everglades with a wide expanse of blue, calm waters on the left, and a series of crisscrossing power lines on the right.]()
Biden wants to balance infrastructure and conservation goals. But it won’t be easy.
The Biden administration wants to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and water by 2030. But can it do that and significantly expand renewable energy?
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Western tribes already lacked water access. Now there’s a megadrought.
Why some tribal advocates and water experts are feeling hopeful.
