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![A man fishes in a Colorado stream.]()
![A man fishes in a Colorado stream.]()
The Colorado stream case that could revolutionize river access
Who owns the beds of Colorado’s rivers? After years of uncertainty and altercations, a court may soon decide.
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![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
![A front facing portrait of Kaipo Kekona, an Indigenous Hawaiian farmer.]()
The farmers restoring Hawaii’s ancient food forests that once fed an island
Maui is a hub for GMO research, but Indigenous farmers are trying to bring back the abundant and thriving landscapes of their ancestors.
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![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
![A passenger plane approaching Hannover Airport flies over a canola field.]()
Pollen and heat: A looming challenge for global agriculture
Farmers and scientists are increasingly observing that unusually high springtime temperatures can kill pollen and interfere with the fertilization of crops.
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![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
Five months later, the Ancón oil spill’s effects linger
Out of work and short on cash and food, a fishing community in Peru is simultaneously paralyzed by exhaustion and ready to boil over.
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![Alberta oil sands tar sands]()
![Alberta oil sands tar sands]()
Canadians’ $100 billion oil and gas problem
Canadians and investors continue to funnel money into fossil fuel assets that researchers warn will soon become worthless.
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![iew at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Facility located West of Las Vegas, is proposed to store hazardous materials including used nuclear fuels, January 23, 2003 near Mercury, Nevada.]()
![iew at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Facility located West of Las Vegas, is proposed to store hazardous materials including used nuclear fuels, January 23, 2003 near Mercury, Nevada.]()
Smaller reactors may still have a big nuclear waste problem
A new generation of reactors promises a nuclear energy renaissance, but critics say the U.S. needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.
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Puerto Ricans are powering their own rooftop solar boom
Residents and shop owners are installing solar-plus-battery systems in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Will the government get on board?
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![Paneles solares cubren el techo de Lucy's Pizza frente a la plaza central en Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.]()
![Paneles solares cubren el techo de Lucy's Pizza frente a la plaza central en Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.]()
Los puertorriqueños están impulsando el auge de energía solar en la isla
Los residentes y propietarios han instalado miles de sistemas de paneles solares y baterías después del huracán María. ¿Se unirá el gobierno al esfuerzo?
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![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
![Rush hour at the intersection of the 110 and 101 freeways on June 15, 2021 in Los Angeles.]()
Car tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
