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Beyond greenwashing: How chain restaurants could actually address their climate pollution
Step one is changing the menu.
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We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work.
"Seabirds are climate change prisoners. Our inaction makes us the executioners."
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![A floating community in the Netherlands lies on the coast in the IJburg section of Amsterdam. The houses are secured to large steel pilings with rolling collars that allow them to rise and fall with the water level, and sway slightly in strong winds. Each home has a small dock, communal walkways, and flexible utility connections. They are also required to be in balance, with heavy components, like kitchens and bathrooms positioned carefully on the lower floors for stability.]()
![A floating community in the Netherlands lies on the coast in the IJburg section of Amsterdam. The houses are secured to large steel pilings with rolling collars that allow them to rise and fall with the water level, and sway slightly in strong winds. Each home has a small dock, communal walkways, and flexible utility connections. They are also required to be in balance, with heavy components, like kitchens and bathrooms positioned carefully on the lower floors for stability.]()
Embracing a wetter future, the Dutch turn to floating homes
Faced with worsening floods and a shortage of housing, the Netherlands is seeing growing interest in floating homes.
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To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
Despite stereotypes, there's really only one characteristic they all share: They hate being told what to do.
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Winter without snow is coming, scientists warn
Parts of the Mountain West could be nearly snowless for years at a time in just a few decades.
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An illustrated guide to 2021’s pipeline battles
Keystone, Dakota Access, Line 3: 2021 was a big year for pipelines.
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December’s tornadoes show a country desperately in need of disaster reform
You can't stop tornadoes, but you can stop them from being so deadly. Here's how.
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As temperatures rise, crossing into the US will become even more deadly
Crossing the US-Mexico border is already lethal. A new study says climate change could make it much worse.
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‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
The Gulf Coast is bleeding oil jobs. Here’s what it tells us about a just transition.
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100 degrees in the Arctic? Climate change is destabilizing the north and south poles.
Rising temperatures prompt World Meteorological Organization to add new category to its climate extreme archives.
