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Learning how to talk: What climate activists must do in the Biden era
Activists must learn how to press their case aggressively without alienating those they must work with to get things done.
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Where the Great American Outdoors Act stands now
After passing with bipartisan support in August, the conservation law hits stumbling blocks. Here’s what may happen next.
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In Obama’s new memoir, a warning for Biden’s climate plans
In 'A Promised Land', the president tries to work with Republicans -- and gets burned.
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Self-driving tractors, robot apple pickers: Witness the high-tech future of farming
Forget Netflix and binge watch these awesome farm-bot videos.
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A power company’s quiet land-buying spree could shield it from coal ash cleanup costs
Georgia Power paid top dollar to buy land from residents living near waste sites at its power plants. Environmentalists fear it’s a tactic to forestall the cleanup bill from new regulations for coal ash.
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The pandemic’s effect on emissions was ‘just a tiny blip’
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
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![US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, during the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in April 2016.]()
![US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, during the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in April 2016.]()
Biden’s latest appointment, John Kerry, signals how the new administration will handle the climate crisis
Joe Biden names John Kerry to a cabinet-level post focused on climate.
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These rare seeds escaped Syria’s war — to help feed the world
Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.
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Count on Biden to restore the national monuments Trump trashed
The president-elect has vowed to not only reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of protected sites, but designate new ones.
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The first step to bridging the urban ‘canopy gap’? Counting and mapping trees.
A new project uses "tree equity" to promote environmental justice.
