How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality
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On July 20, 2024, Lauren Olamina turned 15. Or, at least, she did in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable…California’s Park Fire is spawning its own smoke thunderclouds
1:27pm By Matt Simon
With 600 square miles burned so far, the Park Fire is already one of California’s biggest…‘A matter of life and death’: How disaster response endangers US farmworkers
8:30am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
When Hurricane Idalia struck Florida last summer, a tree fell straight through a trailer occupied by…Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.
4:45am By Joseph Winters
Around the world, an estimated 20 million people make a living by collecting discarded plastic,…Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
4:30am By Jennie Durant
For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in…How colleges can become ‘living labs’ for combating climate change
4:10am By Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report
At the end of a semester that presaged one of the hottest summers on record, the students in…Critics of congestion pricing often end up supporting it. Here’s why.
Mon 4:45am By Akielly Hu
New York City’s plan to charge most vehicles $15 to enter downtown Manhattan would have eased…As US bets big on hydrogen for clean energy, local communities worry about secrecy and public health
Mon 4:30am By Molly Peterson
Billions of dollars in public money are beginning to flow to seven “hydrogen hubs” around the…One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Mon 4:15am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
One in 11 people worldwide went hungry last year, while one in three struggled to afford a healthy…This little-known agency has billions to make federal buildings green
Jul 28, 2024, 9:00 am By Alison F. Takemura, Canary Media
An under-the-radar U.S. agency is pushing efforts to slash emissions from buildings, marshaling…As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water
Jul 27, 2024, 9:00 am By Berenice Garcia, The Texas TribuneThe Rio Grande is no longer a reliable source of water for South Texas. That’s the sobering…Can Florida’s orange growers survive another hurricane season?
Jul 26, 2024, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-Muller
Oranges are synonymous with Florida. The zesty fruit can be spotted adorning everything from license…The green transition will make things worse for the Indigenous world
Jul 26, 2024, 4:30 am By Taylar Dawn Stagner
The green transition will deepen entrenched socioeconomic barriers for Indigenous peoples — unless…Wind turbines rarely fail. So why did Vineyard Wind’s fall apart?
Jul 25, 2024, 12:57 pm By Syris Valentine
A preliminary analysis of the Vineyard Wind turbine that failed has found that, although the…Plant-based meat needs government support to scale up, but a culture war stands in the way
Jul 25, 2024, 4:45 am By Frida Garza
Just a few years ago, the alternative protein industry promised to revolutionize the way people eat…Meet the scientists behind the ice sanctuary — a memory vault for dying glaciers
Jul 24, 2024, 11:20 am By Syris Valentine
The vision “When you lose it, you’ve lost a record of climate on Earth that can never be…How Israel’s war on Gaza unraveled a landmark Mideast climate deal
Jul 24, 2024, 4:45 am By Saqib Rahim
Just weeks before the international climate summit in Dubai, one of the biggest climate agreements…‘Roadspreading’ returns: How Pennsylvania’s oil industry quietly dumped waste across the state
Jul 24, 2024, 4:30 am By Jake Bolster
Siri Lawson and her husband live on a stamp of wooded, hilly land in Warren County, Pennsylvania,…What defines a heat wave? The answer could decide where disaster dollars go.
Jul 24, 2024, 4:15 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Another brutal summer is shattering temperature records, broiling over a third of Americans under…Earth just sweltered through the hottest day ever recorded
Jul 23, 2024, 8:39 pm By Matt SimonSunday was an unprecedented day, and not just because President Joe Biden dropped out of the…
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