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Northwest Oregon had never seen anything like it. Over the course of three days in June 2021,…When is it safe to burn fields? In Thailand, farmers can turn to a new app to check.
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Jul 11, 2024, 4:30 am By Izzy Ross
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Jul 10, 2024, 3:01 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
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Jul 10, 2024, 11:40 am By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
The spotlight On a balmy Seattle evening in June, four climate journalists walk into a bar. I’m…FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods
Jul 10, 2024, 5:00 am By Jake Bittle
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency spends millions of dollars to help rebuild schools and…How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
Jul 10, 2024, 4:45 am By Anita Hofschneider
In 1895, Queen Liliʻuokalani spent nearly eight months imprisoned in an upstairs bedroom in Iolani…‘Sip, return, repeat’: How this California city is trying to normalize reusable cups
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Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and eateries in Petaluma,…Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground
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Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in the United States founded by formerly enslaved…Taking a train during a heat wave? Watch out for ‘sun kinks’
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One of the iconic sensory experiences of riding a train is actually the sound of ingenuity. As steel…What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose
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Across America, millions of tons of toxic waste are sitting in pits next to coal plants. But whether…Farmers and EU face off over bogs, Ireland’s largest carbon store
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Skiing, hiking, and other outdoor recreational pastimes have lent Colorado a woodsy — and…Barbara Kingsolver on climate change: ‘Words are what I have to offer’
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Barbara Kingsolver has been weaving her concern about the environment into her books ever since she…
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