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How to survive a heat wave on a fixed income
As a scorching summer kicks off, New York City’s cooling centers aren’t up to the task.
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Climate change got a question in the presidential debate. It didn’t get much of an answer.
Biden alluded to the Inflation Reduction Act, while Trump went on an incoherent rant about "H2O."
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Supreme Court blocks an EPA plan to curb ozone air pollution
Environmental advocates say the court’s decision in Ohio v. EPA shows it "is no longer neutral in cases involving environmental regulations.”
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How do you convince someone to live next to a nuclear waste site?
Engineers know how to build a site that can safeguard nuclear waste for 100,000 years. The challenge is convincing people to live next to it.
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A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change
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Nations need to do more to defend Indigenous rights, UN report says
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How an Aboriginal woman fought a coal company and won
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What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
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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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The secret to decarbonizing buildings might be right beneath your feet
It's already happening in Massachusetts.
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Need a new outfit? Try the library.
Serving looks along with books: For 6 weeks last winter, Dover Public Library offered the city an alternative to fast fashion by lending clothes.
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Can Claudia Sheinbaum solve Mexico’s water crisis?
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
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After SCOTUS decision, Georgia will keep ‘problematic’ voting system for energy regulators
The state's Public Service Commissioners have stayed in office beyond their terms while a Voting Rights Act challenge moved through the courts.
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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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A group of young people just forced Hawaiʻi to take major climate action
The historic agreement comes two years after 13 youth plaintiffs sued the state Department of Transportation.
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Extreme heat kills 1,301 pilgrims during the Hajj in Mecca
Some Hajj pilgrims say authorities failed to provide adequate water, shade, or medical assistance, which is contributing to the rising death toll.
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The climate case for mock meats is clear. But who can afford them?
An often insurmountable price barrier is keeping many people from buying plant-based alternatives to beef, pork, and chicken.
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Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans
A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states.
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