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As the regulatory fight over toxic sterilization facilities continues, the health of more than 14 million people may hang in the balance.
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
One sound index used to monitor biodiversity fell by as much as 15 percent following particularly smoky days, according to a new study.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the disease, putting 5 million at risk.
The change may speed up flood recovery, but it will leave communities — and taxpayers — facing the same problems over and over again.
Without U.S. funding, Indigenous communities in Peru and elsewhere face increasing threats to their land, livelihoods, and human rights.
Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.
