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Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.
The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service.
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Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
As global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical connections with flowers and crops.
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How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change
Professors are increasingly combining classroom instruction with efforts to "green" campuses.
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Critics of congestion pricing often end up supporting it. Here’s why.
People often resist congestion pricing because they favor the status quo. But seeing benefits firsthand has led residents around the world to embrace it.
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How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
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Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
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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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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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As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health
The Biden administration has set aside billions of dollars for new hydrogen energy. But does the industry need better safeguards?
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One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world.
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This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green
With nearly $3.4 billion from the climate law, the U.S. General Services Administration is working to slash emissions from building operations and construction.
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As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water
Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative.
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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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Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?
A perfect storm of hurricanes, diseases, and water scarcity threatens to wipe out the state's famed citrus industry.
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The green transition will make things worse for the Indigenous world
A new study warns that the push for renewable energy could exacerbate socioeconomic disparities among Indigenous communities.
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Wind turbines rarely fail. So why did Vineyard Wind’s fall apart?
GE Vernova’s initial analysis found that the fundamental design is sound and the failure of a turbine off the coast of Nantucket originated in the factory that built the blade.
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Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way
Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?
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