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Mon 4:30am By Anita Hofschneider
Alaska’s permafrost is melting and revealing high levels of mercury that could threaten Alaska…The right to repair electronics is now law in 3 states. Is Big Tech complying?
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Following the release of a major climate report last year, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres…Mississippi officials saw the Jackson water crisis coming — and did nothing
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In the summer of 2015, officials in Jackson, Mississippi sent the state a series of water samples…An invisible, toxic chemical has been poisoning residents in Puerto Rico for decades
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Henry Morales woke up in the emergency room in Salinas, Puerto Rico, not knowing where he was. A…Why Puerto Rico remains a tax haven for polluters
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Puerto Rico has more medical sterilization facilities per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. and…Why the EPA is relying on unproven technology to stop cancer-causing emissions
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In the late 1980s, the aptly named Package Products Company in Charlotte, North Carolina, was facing…This simple farming technique can capture carbon for thousands of years
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Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an…Colorado is trying to prevent people from putting plastic forks in their compost
Aug 21, 2024, 5:54 pm By Joseph Winters
When A1 Organics announced last year that it would stop accepting pizza boxes, cutlery, and other…How ‘loving corrections’ could transform our relationships with one another — and the Earth
Aug 21, 2024, 10:56 am By Claire Elise Thompson
The vision “I foresee a movement with a wide stance, a strong connection to ancestral wisdom, a…Climate change is messing with city sewers — and the solutions are even messier
Aug 21, 2024, 4:45 am By Angelica Ang
At the end of July 2023, 3.07 inches of rain fell on Boston in a single day. The city’s sewer…Corporate climate targets are a mess. Could tracking ‘spheres of influence’ help?
Aug 21, 2024, 4:30 am By Joseph Winters
In order to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, scientists agree that the world needs to…Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat
Aug 21, 2024, 4:15 am By Frida Garza
A new report finds that the United States could more efficiently produce food if half the…Your guide to a disaster-prone election year
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Hello and welcome to week three of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters…How do you reduce the carbon footprint of a political convention? One donation at a time.
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