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A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants.
The layoffs spell danger for fire season.
“There’s this stigma that if you’re homeless, then you’re useless. But collecting bottles and cans — it is work."
After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard.
The pledge was born out of shareholder activism — and was withdrawn as regulators crack down on greenwashing.
Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought.
Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.”
The state joins Maine and Colorado in a growing movement to block utilities from using ratepayer dollars to delay climate action.
State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
