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Is California giving its methane digesters too much credit?
“California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air.”
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How ‘USA-first’ failed the solar industry
Solar tariffs were supposed to save the U.S. solar industry. They slowed it down instead.
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NYC wants more rooftop solar. Its fire code is getting in the way.
Public safety vs. climate action: The battle over the Big Apple's rules for buildings.
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Europe has a plan to get off Russian gas. Energy experts say it is not enough.
The strategy "fails to disrupt our fossil gas habits."
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Extreme Weather
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How Congress is routing climate policy through the Army Corps of Engineers
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Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress’ plan to fix that isn’t going anywhere.
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As fires scorch New Mexico, the West braces for another hellish summer
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Global heating risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250 million years
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Foraging New York City’s wild, edible margins with Journei Bimwala
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Shoring up coastlines and communities with green infrastructure
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Chronic illness doesn’t stop me from enjoying the outdoors. Ableism does.
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From biblical farming to ancient wayfaring, restoring traditional land practices takes root
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This educator designs curricula to make outdoor education welcoming and culturally accessible to all
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![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
![Collage: a bulldozer with abstract flames behind it, two hands in handcuffs, and a black line representing a pipeline below]()
Jessica Reznicek set fire to Dakota Access Pipeline construction. Is she a terrorist?
Amid tightening protest laws, the activist is appealing a district court’s ruling applying a “terrorism enhancement” to her sentence.
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![Cars and motorbikes drive through heavy smog, with birds in the foreground amid heavy pollution.]()
![Cars and motorbikes drive through heavy smog, with birds in the foreground amid heavy pollution.]()
Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year
World governments have made "strikingly little effort" to solve the problem.
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What if apartment listings had to include energy-efficiency scores?
How energy disclosure could help lower renters' utility bills and tackle climate change.
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When wheat never dies
Could commercially viable and tasty perennial crops like Kernza be regenerative agriculture's holy grail?
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Why Boulder County and Flagstaff are enlisting cities to suck carbon out of the atmosphere
Move over, Big Tech: These communities are building a local coalition for carbon removal.
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![Crowd of people protesting the treatment of the Guarani-Kaiowa tribe in Brazil]()
Report: Europe’s chicken supply chain has a human rights problem
Cheap poultry for markets, restaurants and pets comes at the expense of Indigenous peoples in Brazil.
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![A male farmer wearing overalls and a red cap looking down at dry, cracked earth caused by severe drought]()
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‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat
New research shows that dry weather is coming on more quickly than before, with little advance warning.
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North Carolina house that collapsed into the sea is a warning for millions of Americans
States and the federal government can do more to protect homebuyers, like reforming flood disclosure laws.
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