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![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
![firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it]()
Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?
The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.
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![digital collage of hands throwing trash into a trash can with dollar signs]()
What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash
The small town of Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.
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![A group of people in a field with a sign that says Save Our Farmland]()
This rural community fought one of the country’s biggest gas-powered data centers — and won
Inside the grassroots opposition that fended off a 2,200-acre data center campus in southern Virginia, and why their struggle isn’t over yet.
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A majority of people around the world support a carbon tax — even if they’re paying it
Even in the U.S., where the policy was least popular, half of those surveyed said they'd support a climate tax that redistributes wealth.
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![Torsos of two people who are tilting buckets toward the camera. Inside their buckets is trash collected from the beach.]()
Science says plastic bag bans really do work
A new study finds that outlawing or taxing plastic bags reduces beach litter.
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![digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top]()
A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is
A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.
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From sea monkeys to Great Salt Lake gold
With science-based management and real-time data, Utah’s brine shrimp fishery balances the economy and ecology.
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Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?
Volunteer cartographers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are turning local knowledge into life-saving maps in the face of rising seas and stronger storms.
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Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar. Now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing the grid, building their own gas-fired power plants on-site.
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![Collage of burger with sections cut out and replaced with mushrooms]()
The sneaky way even meat lovers can lessen their climate impact
Mixing vegetables into processed meat can lower emissions — without compromising taste.
