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Dec 19, 2022, 11:45 am By Kate YoderCode red, glacier blood, megadrought: The defining words of 2021 Anthropause, ghost flights,…Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
Dec 19, 2022, 11:30 am By Jake BittleIn the three months since Hurricane Ian struck Florida, the state’s fragile property insurance…Cleanup is underway for the US’s second-largest tar sands oil spill. Experts say it’ll be harder than past leaks.
Dec 16, 2022, 11:04 pm By John McCrackenThe second-largest tar sands oil spill in the country — which left a black pockmark on Kansas…After Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Ricans fled to Florida. Then Ian happened.
Dec 16, 2022, 11:45 am By Brett MarshWhen Hurricane Ian hit Central Florida last fall, Milly Santiago already knew what it was like to…A rare Nevada flower gets ‘endangered’ status, raising questions for a proposed lithium mine
Dec 16, 2022, 11:30 am By Emily PontecorvoConservation groups, concerned by the mining proposal, filed a petition to protect the flower back…New data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals
Dec 15, 2022, 12:45 pm By David LefflerIn June, Public Health Watch, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and Grist published a year-long…Amazon’s plastic packaging waste grew 18% in 2021, report says
Dec 15, 2022, 11:30 am By Joseph WintersPlastic packaging waste from the online retail giant Amazon ballooned to 709 million pounds globally…Report: A hotter, wetter Arctic spells trouble for everyone
Dec 14, 2022, 11:43 pm By Kate YoderWhen you think of the Arctic, wildfires, rain, and typhoons probably don’t spring to mind. But all…Reservation Dogs
Dec 14, 2022, 11:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe sun is setting in Glacier County, Montana. Souta Calling Last guns her diesel-powered white GMC…The world is struggling to figure out conservation. First Nations have some ideas.
Dec 14, 2022, 11:30 am By Chris ArsenaultThis story was published in partnership with Mongabay. As nearly 200 countries struggle to negotiate…Report: African countries routinely violate Indigenous peoples rights
Dec 14, 2022, 11:15 am By Joseph LeeSince time immemorial, Indigenous Maasai have called the grasslands of Northern Tanzania home. But…In Louisiana, an electoral upset could mean a breakthrough for renewables
Dec 13, 2022, 11:45 am By Emily PontecorvoIn every state across the country, there’s a small government body that oversees the private…Midwest soil is eroding faster than ever. Modern farming could be to blame.
Dec 13, 2022, 11:30 am By John McCrackenMidwest soil is eroding at an alarming rate according to new, first-of-its-kind research. …US Scientists may have reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion
Dec 13, 2022, 12:19 am By Jessie BlaeserThe world may be one step closer to producing clean energy using the same extremely powerful…How a new subsidy for ‘green hydrogen’ could set off a carbon bomb
Dec 12, 2022, 11:45 am By Emily PontecorvoThe United States stands at a pivotal point on the path to addressing climate change. The Inflation…PG&E cuts thousands of workers ahead of winter wildfire maintenance
Dec 12, 2022, 11:30 am By Blanca BegertPacific Gas & Electric, California’s private utility company that maintains a monopoly over…The time is right to ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. But the Senate needs to hurry.
Dec 12, 2022, 11:15 am By Brett MarshA deadline is looming for the Senate to take action to stop a uranium mine just 10 miles south of…An Indian spiritual leader is urging the world to ‘save soil.’ Experts say he’s not helping.
Dec 9, 2022, 11:45 am By Diana KruzmanOn a clear, bright day in March, a few dozen people gathered in Parliament Square in central London,…Wall Street’s biggest names are backing off their climate commitments
Dec 9, 2022, 11:30 am By Naveena SadasivamShortly before COP26, last year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, financial…California’s two largest cities ban plastic foam
Dec 9, 2022, 11:15 am By Joseph WintersIn a major victory against plastic pollution, city council members in Los Angeles and San Diego…
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