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This young farmer is helping to heal her community’s connection to the land
Jonshell Johnson-Whitten, a Black farmer and educator in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward, believes that farming is about “getting to a place where people are finding respect for the land and also themselves.”
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The Ground Beneath Their Feet
The only way to stop the long-lasting harms of lead poisoning in children is to end exposure to the chemical — and with data-driven and community-based action, that’s possible.
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Does your community have lead in its soil? Here’s what to do.
It’s not just a problem of the past. With these tips, you can help protect everyone’s future.
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Oyster mushrooms expected to break down cigarette butts in new trial
Up to 1.2 million butts could be diverted from Australian landfills to a laboratory where scientists will work to transform the byproduct into a polystyrene replacement.
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How saving the rainforests could prevent the next pandemic
In Madagascar, a program to provide healthcare and agricultural support transformed a community's relationship to the rainforest.
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As millions of solar panels age out, recyclers hope to cash in
Solar panels have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years, and companies are emerging that seek to recycle the valuable, reusable materials and keep the panels out of landfills.
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Puerto Rico town celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ solar microgrid
In the event of an outage, the battery system can power 14 downtown businesses for up to 10 days.
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Biden approves Willow oil project in Alaska despite campaign pledge
The administration approved the controversial ConocoPhillips venture while also limiting future drilling in other parts of Alaska.
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How a small business in Arizona is helping decarbonize concrete
The pioneering project cuts cement from the recipe and replaces it with industrial waste and carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere.
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How Washington raised $300 million for climate action from polluters
The state's first "cap-and-invest" auction nearly doubled the price of carbon recently sold in California.