Climate Food and Agriculture
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![An activist at COP28 calls for climate action on food systems.]()
![An activist at COP28 calls for climate action on food systems.]()
The world now has a roadmap for food and climate. But it’s missing a few things.
For one, the U.N.'s proposal barely mentions fossil fuels.
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![Pallets loaded with oyster shells are held by a winch over a river.]()
![Pallets loaded with oyster shells are held by a winch over a river.]()
How much carbon can oysters store? Scientists are trying to find out.
Oysters stabilize shorelines, trap carbon-rich sediment, and help marshes grow.
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![A protester dressed a butcher stabs a model of Earth as part of a demonstration calling on people to go vegan]()
![A protester dressed a butcher stabs a model of Earth as part of a demonstration calling on people to go vegan]()
What would it take to end the meat culture wars?
A COP28 proposal to eat less meat would come amid a right-wing backlash against alternatives.
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![dotted line cutout of a beef cow]()
![dotted line cutout of a beef cow]()
What would happen if everyone stopped eating meat tomorrow?
Answering that question shows just how tricky it would be to drop meat altogether.
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![Illustrated portrait of a white man in his 70s (Peter Martin) with an orange map of Maui and black palm trees in the background]()
![Illustrated portrait of a white man in his 70s (Peter Martin) with an orange map of Maui and black palm trees in the background]()
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict
Peter Martin spent decades guzzling water around Lāhainā. Then came the fire.
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![Illustration of cookbooks leaning against a striped utensil holder]()
![Illustration of cookbooks leaning against a striped utensil holder]()
Will climate cookbooks change how we eat?
Sustainable diets have been around for ages, but an emerging cookbook genre signals a new appetite for change.
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A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’
The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.
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![digital illustration of a King / Coho salmon in front of a tattered fishing net]()
![digital illustration of a King / Coho salmon in front of a tattered fishing net]()
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon River — and so is a way of life
As waters warm, Alaska Native families confront a world without the fish that fed them for generations.
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![A brown and white dairy cow with a large tag reading 237 attached to its right ear awaits milking at a dairy farm.]()
![A brown and white dairy cow with a large tag reading 237 attached to its right ear awaits milking at a dairy farm.]()
Why can’t we just quit cows?
Eating less beef, cheese, and ice cream would slash emissions. If only it were that easy.
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![A farmworker wears protective layers while harvesting produce in the summer heat]()
![A farmworker wears protective layers while harvesting produce in the summer heat]()
How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
Protecting the people who pick your food is as easy as giving them shade and water.
