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‘We can’t eat a new road’: Fears over the true cost of Exxon’s oil bonanza in Guyana
A multibillion-dollar deal promising to be an economic boon for Guyana may be false dawn with dire impact on climate, warn campaigners.
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![A silhouette of a man walking a dog below electric lines. The sky is hazy and bright orange.]()
Summer forecast: Extreme heat with a chance of rolling blackouts
NOAA expects unusually hot temperatures across all 50 states.
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![Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it]()
![Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it]()
Study: Warming temperatures are eroding our ability to sleep
Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one.
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In Minnesota, the PolyMet mine pits renewable energy needs against tribes and the EPA
The PolyMet Mining Corporation has been locked in a battle to open Minnesota’s first copper-sulfide mine for over 17 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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![Marshall Islands' Climate Envoy Tina Stege reacts after speaking to intervene during an informal stocktaking session at the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 12, 2021.]()
![Marshall Islands' Climate Envoy Tina Stege reacts after speaking to intervene during an informal stocktaking session at the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 12, 2021.]()
Pacific Island nations want more renewable power. Climate financing may help.
Maui-based Mana Pacific is helping to give Pacific nations greater access to renewable energy infrastructure through collective buying power and resource sharing.
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Pennsylvania might really send an anti-fracking advocate to Congress
Summer Lee made environmental justice and a green transition a central part of her campaign.
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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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![Collage of solar panel on top of abstract shape with black images of american flag and 100 dollar bill]()
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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![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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