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The ambitious plan to protect Northern California’s Plumas National Forest from wildfires
To shield the forest and its communities from the next megafire, the Forest Service plans to burn it — intentionally.
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![Cars drive on a highway towards an industrial complex belching smoke]()
![Cars drive on a highway towards an industrial complex belching smoke]()
The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools — and legal right — to fulfill this EPA function.
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![Molly Wilcox, of Damariscotta,holds a candle in front of a sign supporting Juliana v. US during a candlelight rally organized by 350 Maine in support of the plaintiffs in downtown Portland on Monday, October 29, 2018.]()
![Molly Wilcox, of Damariscotta,holds a candle in front of a sign supporting Juliana v. US during a candlelight rally organized by 350 Maine in support of the plaintiffs in downtown Portland on Monday, October 29, 2018.]()
The kids who sued America over climate change aren’t done yet
They want an international human rights body to hold the U.S. accountable — and are spotlighting Indigenous communities on the frontlines.
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
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![Urban planner and public artist Sabina Sethi Unni stars as an humanized flood sensor – a tool that detects high water levels and delivers that data to a publicly-accessible map - in her community play Flood Sensor Aunty.]()
![Urban planner and public artist Sabina Sethi Unni stars as an humanized flood sensor – a tool that detects high water levels and delivers that data to a publicly-accessible map - in her community play Flood Sensor Aunty.]()
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters
"Sometimes a one-page pamphlet translated into two languages isn’t the best way for people to receive information, but a song about go-bags played on the synth is."
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![A crowd of people ride e-bikes in downtown Washington DC]()
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously
E-bike sales are booming, providing a sustainable form of transportation that also improves public health. Yet American cities remain committed to cars.
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![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
![Headshots of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton beside the book cover for The Long Heat]()
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
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The oceans just hit an ominous milestone
A new report sounds the alarm on ocean acidification as Earth breaches the seventh of nine "planetary boundaries."
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![digital collage of five stalks of wheat and wheat seeds with a square image of green healthy wheat and a square image of cracked, dry soil]()
The ‘Green Revolution’ transformed global agriculture. Now it’s adapting to climate change.
The same techniques that fed the exploding global population of the 20th century are being used to adapt agriculture to one of the most serious threats of the 21st.
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Used EVs have never been cheaper. But are they a good deal?
The price gap between used electric and gas cars is now just $900 — that's the lowest ever.
