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On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, one writer reflects on the gains we've made, the dangerous setbacks we've faced, and the need to demand action.
“It becomes a question of who gets to access the land, and the water, and take up space, who gets to congregate, and who gets to decide.”
Nations around the world are pledging to plant billions of trees to grow new forests. But a new study shows that the potential for natural forest regrowth to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change is far greater than has previously been estimated.
Corteva, the mega-corporation formed when Dow Chemical and DuPont merged in 2017, plans to stop producing chlorpyrifos by the end of 2020.
Post-COVID, should countries rethink their obsession with economic growth?
Why public discourse seems to get stuck fighting everything.
A showdown between tech employees and management over the company’s climate and coronavirus policies reached a tipping point last week.
"The disparities for COVID-19 really mirror the disparities that New York City’s environmental justice communities have faced for decades."
After climate-protection drift and despair, Cascadia could be entering a new climate age.