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The unseasonal heat in Brazil is bad news for the world's supply of coffee and soybeans.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
And why we should have.
The city’s nearly 400,000 pipes wouldn’t have to be fully removed for nearly 30 years after the rest of the nation.
Farmers spread treated human waste on their crops. It's full of forever chemicals.
