How a species of bamboo could help protect the South from future floods
In early 2024, Michael Fedoroff trekked out to Tuckabum Creek in York County, Alabama. The environmental anthropologist was there to
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When Elephants Trample Your Farm, Who Do You Call?
When Krithi Karanth walks into a forest village in the shadow of India’s Bandipur National Park, she is often greeted
Read MoreThe Navajo Nation said no to a hydropower project. Trump officials want to ensure tribes can’t do that again.
Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on
Read MoreIllinois families are going electric — for free
Jean Gay-Robinson said she “cried tears of joy” when utility ComEd switched all the polluting gas-fired equipment in her Chicago home
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The Trump administration’s data center push could open the door for new forever chemicals
In recent months, the Trump administration has opened a deregulatory floodgate in the name of building more data centers. Among
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The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab
Stan Kroenke doesn’t need federal help to make a business flourish. He is worth an estimated $20 billion, a fortune
Read MoreAfter COP30, Indigenous advocates celebrate gains while warning of unfinished work
If there is one image that encapsulates COP30, this year’s global climate change conference in Belém, Brazil, it might be
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Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Zillow, the largest real estate listing site in the U.S., has removed a feature that allowed people to view a
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How one Seattle organization is turning food waste into plant food
Lea esta nota en español. For Maria Perez, joining a project to reduce food waste in Washington wasn’t just a
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EV sales are way down. Here’s why that might not be a big deal.
Electric vehicle sales have cratered. Across the country, dealers sold about 20 percent fewer used electric cars in October than
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