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![A delegate stands in front of a backdrop for the Second Africa Climate Summit during the opening of the summit in Addis Ababa.]()
![A delegate stands in front of a backdrop for the Second Africa Climate Summit during the opening of the summit in Addis Ababa.]()
Ahead of COP, Africa aims to become the continent of climate solutions
The continent’s 54 nations outline a bold vision for climate action and pledges to present a unified position at the global meeting later this year.
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![An illustration of a group of people cooking a communal meal inside a rectangular vignette. Outside of the rectangle, storm-damaged houses and crops show hurricane destruction. Above, dark clouds hover over everything.]()
![An illustration of a group of people cooking a communal meal inside a rectangular vignette. Outside of the rectangle, storm-damaged houses and crops show hurricane destruction. Above, dark clouds hover over everything.]()
Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow
Following a history of disinvestment and destructive climate disasters, communities across the archipelago are developing living blueprints of food sovereignty.
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![Windmills offshore in front of a blue sky]()
Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
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![AFP Vermont blue and white banner]()
How a Koch-funded campaign is trying to reverse climate action in Vermont
In one of the bluest U.S. states, Americans for Prosperity is making inroads against climate action.
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![A large open-pit mine with terraced layers with several dump trucks and an excavator]()
![A large open-pit mine with terraced layers with several dump trucks and an excavator]()
US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
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![A birds-eye view of a crowded crosswalk in New York City.]()
![A birds-eye view of a crowded crosswalk in New York City.]()
Struggling to get in your daily steps? It may be your city’s fault.
Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes.
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![A man views the removal of debris in a storm-damaged neighborhood]()
![A man views the removal of debris in a storm-damaged neighborhood]()
Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it’s also a burden.
How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.
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![A photo shows a billowing smokestack in the background of a small waterfront town]()
![A photo shows a billowing smokestack in the background of a small waterfront town]()
Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives
A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.
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The tiny ocean organisms that could help the climate in a big way
Scientists are exploring whether encouraging the growth of phytoplankton could draw down more atmospheric carbon — without unintended side effects in oceanic ecosystems.
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![Close-up of text reading Hydrogen Fuel Cell Zero Emission on the side of a city bus in Albany, California, indicating that the bus is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell technology, December 13, 2018.]()
![Close-up of text reading Hydrogen Fuel Cell Zero Emission on the side of a city bus in Albany, California, indicating that the bus is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell technology, December 13, 2018.]()
A hidden fuel source beneath the Midwest? Scientists are investigating.
Natural hydrogen could transform the clean energy sector — if we can find enough of it.
