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![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
![Cotton fields near the town of Ralls, about 30 miles east of Lubbock, on June 22.]()
West Texas farmers and ranchers fear the worst as drought, heat near 2011 records
2011 was the driest year on record for Texas, causing an estimated cost of $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses. A dry and hot June has many sounding alarm bells about 2022.
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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?
