Save the nukes?
For decades, environmental activists decried nuclear power plants. Now, some want to save them.
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Airborne DNA is being used to detect insect species, a breakthrough for ecologists
The technique has ‘huge potential’ for monitoring decline in biodiversity, say scientists.
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Beyond greenwashing: How chain restaurants could actually address their climate pollution
Step one is changing the menu.
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We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work.
"Seabirds are climate change prisoners. Our inaction makes us the executioners."
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Embracing a wetter future, the Dutch turn to floating homes
Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of housing, the Netherlands is seeing growing interest in floating homes.
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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
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The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
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A Missouri gas company figured out how to keep its illegal pipeline running
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Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
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EPA cuts through the smog with the strongest-ever clean car standards
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Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden’s ambitious climate plans
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How a debate over carbon capture derailed California’s landmark climate bill
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Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
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School or be schooled: How Gen Z is mentoring their elders on climate action
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Revitalizing Indigenous knowledge means reimagining mentorship
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Resilience, community, and other lessons I’ve learned from my plants
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What happens when communities and academics teach each other? ‘Communiversity.’
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5 unexpected places to find your climate mentor
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To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
Despite stereotypes, there's really only one characteristic they all share: They hate being told what to do.
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In Michigan, a new housing project shows that sustainable development isn’t only for the rich
Urban planners see it as a building model in a climate-conscious world.
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Winter without snow is coming, scientists warn
Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades.
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An illustrated guide to 2021’s pipeline battles
Keystone, Dakota Access, Line 3: 2021 was a big year for pipelines.
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Republicans could get behind a green jobs program. Just not this one.
The Civilian Climate Corps was a broadly popular idea. How did it become so polarizing?
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In an East Coast first, New Jersey will phase out diesel trucks
New Jersey joins California, Oregon, and Washington in setting ambitious goals to electrify trucks by 2035.
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‘Net-zero is not enough’: A new book explains how to end fossil fuels
Sociologist Holly Buck wants you to know that fossil fuel phaseout isn’t a "fringe" idea.
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A visual guide to this year’s heat domes, hurricanes, and wildfires
It was a crazy weather year. So we turned to a cartoonist to explain.
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In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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