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![A man and three children stand in a garden in front of green fields.]()
![A man and three children stand in a garden in front of green fields.]()
At a shuttered Texas coal mine, a 1-acre garden is helping feed 2,000 people per month
The garden in the middle of a 35,000-acre former mine is supplying thousands of pounds of fresh produce to families in three counties that have few grocery stores.
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![Illustration of city with tall thermometer and tree included in skyline]()
![Illustration of city with tall thermometer and tree included in skyline]()
6 places with future-friendly heat solutions
A roundup of efforts that offer protection from dangerous heat — and also seek to reduce emissions.
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![A rusting and decaying oil tanker called the FSO Safer is seen in the Red Sea with the sun shining brightly directly above it.]()
![A rusting and decaying oil tanker called the FSO Safer is seen in the Red Sea with the sun shining brightly directly above it.]()
The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea
A U.N. plan to avoid a spill four times larger than the Exxon Valdez is "only half a solution, but it’s better than nothing.”
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![Amazon packages on conveyor belt]()
After years of criticism, Amazon appears to be cutting down on plastics
The company says it used 86,000 metric tons of plastic last year — 12% less than in 2021.
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![A man opens a silver grill, where vegetables are grilling.]()
![A man opens a silver grill, where vegetables are grilling.]()
Your next barbecue could feature an electric grill
Electric grills exist and are rising in popularity — and according to some advocates, they’re just as good at producing delicious food as fossil-fueled alternatives.
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![Book cover for The Heat Will Kill You First beside photo of Jeff Goodell]()
![Book cover for The Heat Will Kill You First beside photo of Jeff Goodell]()
‘The Heat Will Kill You First’ is a chilling book — and a warning
Author Jeff Goodell on an invisible, stealthy, and universal threat.
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![A green tractor with a blue grill runs through a field of soil under a blue sky.]()
![A green tractor with a blue grill runs through a field of soil under a blue sky.]()
Soil improvements could keep planet within 1.5C heating target, research shows
Better farming techniques across the world could lead to storage of 31 gigatons of carbon dioxide a year.
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These climate advocates don’t care about your carbon footprint. They care about whether you vote.
Why the Environmental Voter Project and its 6,000 volunteers are laser focused on getting more environmentalists to the polls.
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![A man wearing shorts and a T-shirt and eating a burrito walks past a white Tesla Model S plugged into a public charging station in New York City.]()
![A man wearing shorts and a T-shirt and eating a burrito walks past a white Tesla Model S plugged into a public charging station in New York City.]()
Hackers already infiltrate EV chargers. It could only get worse.
Most intrusions have been innocuous, but a nefarious plot could bring down the grid. Experts have suggestions for improving security.
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![Illustration of grocery bag filled with produce and paper towels]()
![Illustration of grocery bag filled with produce and paper towels]()
A community leader on why aid work is necessary to build climate resilience
The Smile Trust's Valencia Gunder explains why she sees her relief work as climate work, and why climate work cannot happen without direct aid.
