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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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![Colorful Houses in a neighborhood on the east side of Detroit]()
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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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![A residential apartment complex is seen standing among the debris of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.]()
![A residential apartment complex is seen standing among the debris of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.]()
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.
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![A large male polar bear stands on an ice float, surrounded by water.]()
![A large male polar bear stands on an ice float, surrounded by water.]()
Ocean temps rising faster than scientists thought: Report
Scientists say the rate of ocean warming has led to more rain, increased sea levels, coral reef destruction and declining ocean oxygen levels.
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![Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks next to President Donald Trump in 2017, as rains from Hurricane Harvey continue to flood parts of Texas.]()
![Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks next to President Donald Trump in 2017, as rains from Hurricane Harvey continue to flood parts of Texas.]()
Texas scientists want to school Governor Greg Abbott on climate
Nearly 30 scholars hope to help the climate-denying head of their state see the light.
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Doomsday in Antarctica just got postponed a little
If we act on climate change now, there's a chance we can avoid total collapse of massive Antarctic glaciers this century.
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The shutdown shows just how vital government scientists are
As federal scientists sit at home, the many industries that rely on them are already beginning to feel their absence.
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It’s time to start eating roadkill
Salvaging meat in Alaska is commonplace. Can it catch on in the Lower 48?
