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Biden designates Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument
The move by the Biden administration protects nearly a million acres of Indigenous land from future uranium mining.
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![A sign is affixed to a concrete barrier, in front of a private beach. It reads]()
On Chicago’s South Side, neighbors fight to keep Lake Michigan at bay
Residents dogged by frequent flooding have finally drawn attention from city and state officials.
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![Photo of people putting recycling into dumpsters. A sign says bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard are accepted]()
![Photo of people putting recycling into dumpsters. A sign says bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard are accepted]()
Do you have ‘recycling bias’?
Decades of messaging urging us to recycle crowded out other options — like consuming less in the first place.
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Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Can new voluntary guidelines fix that?
Solving credibility issues may require a greater overhaul of carbon markets.
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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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![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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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.
