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Greenwashing for Big Oil? There’s an award for that.
Advertising agencies love getting awards. But not this one.
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How clothing forms the fabric of society, both past and future
'Worn' by Sofi Thanhauser and the HBOMax series 'Station Eleven' offer novel ways to think about what we wear.
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Falconry’s influence on conservation practices
The ancient sport is deeply intertwined with modern-day raptor conservation.
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Cities are investing billions in new sewage systems. They’re already obsolete.
The use of decades-old rainfall estimates do not reflect current – let alone future – climate risk.
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A wildfire may have forever changed this Colorado community — and who can afford to live there
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How the Indigenous landback movement is poised to change conservation
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The future of farming? Think artificial intelligence, robots, and drones.
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Pop culture can no longer ignore our climate reality
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Climate change is stressful, scary, and sad. We’re gonna need therapy.
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What Biden's 'smart' border means for climate migration
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Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’
New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.
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The massive disconnect between Big Oil’s words and actions, in data
A new study illustrates fossil fuel companies' greenwashing agenda.
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Deep-sea mining could begin next year. Here’s why ocean experts are calling for a moratorium.
The risks vastly outweigh the potential benefits, they argue.
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Climate migration is part of our future. Is it a problem or a solution?
It really depends a lot on how countries prepare.
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Congressional watchdog warns of climate threats to chemical plants
More than a third of risky U.S. chemical facilities face threats exacerbated by global warming, according to a new report.
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![Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.]()
How Amazon is drastically undercounting its carbon footprint
A private report shows the loopholes Amazon uses to lessen its climate impact.
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Colorado has an abandoned oil well problem. Now it’s asking drillers to pay up.
Colorado’s new oil and gas bonding rules ask for hundreds of thousands of additional dollars — but still might not cover all potential costs.
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For mental health, landmark climate report spells disaster
For the first time, the IPCC recognized what a warming world means for anxiety, trauma, and suicide.
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