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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]()
![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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![Four people are shown walking on a beach]()
![Four people are shown walking on a beach]()
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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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.
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![A small fishing boat sits in calm waters with two men on board]()
![A small fishing boat sits in calm waters with two men on board]()
Meet the small business owners electrifying Maine’s rural coast
In Casco Bay’s remote waters, electric workboats and the aquaculture innovators who operate them are putting marine electrification to the test.
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![A farmer holds a handful of biochar in his soot-covered hands.]()
![A farmer holds a handful of biochar in his soot-covered hands.]()
This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap
A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.
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Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much.
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
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![hand wearing purple plastic glove holds nurdles]()
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This Pennsylvania settlement could set the standard for preventing tiny plastic pellet pollution
A company agreed to install technology to watch for the tiny plastic pellets.
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![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
![An aerial view of a canal cutting through agricultural fields with huge black solar panels stretched over it]()
California’s first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-megawatt pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
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![the Chinese space station Tiangong is seen orbiting Earth.]()
![the Chinese space station Tiangong is seen orbiting Earth.]()
Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.
