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When is it safe to burn fields? In Thailand, farmers can turn to a new app to check.
Researchers at Chiang Mai University developed a system that aims to reduce deadly smog from agricultural burning, while shifting the blame away from farmers.
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The $1.7 billion bet on American-made EVs, explained by the Secretary of Energy
Jennifer Granholm tells Grist why the Biden administration is paying to convert auto plants into ones that can churn out EVs.
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Timeline: The Georgia Public Service Commission’s key decisions
A look at the state board’s most important moments in the last 15 years, from new nuclear reactors and gas plants to lawsuits and bill increases.
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Homeowners associations in Michigan now have to allow rooftop solar
A new law makes it difficult for HOAs to say no to sun power.
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Extreme Weather
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Biden admin unveils first-ever heat protections for workers. Here’s what to know.
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Hurricane Beryl makes landfall, fueled by record-breaking ocean heat
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The Biden administration is inching closer to a heat standard for workers — if the election doesn’t doom it
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How to survive a heat wave on a fixed income
Indigenous Affairs
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To save the Amazon, what if we listened to those living within It?
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A Biden effort to conserve oceans is leaving out Indigenous peoples, report finds
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The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers
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The Mille Lacs Band will see the return of 18 acres of state trust land
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How climate change is making us sick
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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
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To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect our wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act
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Dangerous heat grips the US for another record-shattering summer
The longer this lasts, the deadlier it gets.
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Can a new version of Catan, the cult-favorite board game, make climate change fun to talk about?
I'll trade you a brick and a sheep for an energy token.
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FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods
The federal agency is overhauling its disaster rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.
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How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
As the U.N. weighs ocean floor mining, Hawai'i just banned the practice.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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‘Sip, return, repeat’: How this California city is trying to normalize reusable cups
Restaurants in Petaluma are collaborating on a novel experiment to reduce plastic waste.
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Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground
Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.
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Taking a train during a heat wave? Watch out for ‘sun kinks.’
As tracks heat up, they expand and buckle. That's forcing rail operators to adapt as the climate warms.
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What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose.
With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants?
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