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‘The Giving Tree’: How a children’s book became a parable for the climate crisis
And the Earth was happy. But not really.
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The ‘Twilight’ romance no one talks about
Bella fell for Forks and its forests. That fantasy transformed the town's reality.
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The evidence that the world has passed ‘peak car’
A look at how transportation could change without an addiction to automobiles.
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How reptiles in the city went from native species to urban legend
We have been inventing stories about reptiles in the city since long before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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How ‘FernGully’ ended up in the West Virginia coal mines
The classic movie made fairies out to be nature’s champions. They weren’t always seen that way.
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Disasters aren’t natural — they’re political, a new book argues
Preparing for climate change means urgently reimagining disaster management.
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The UN report is scaring people. But what if fear isn’t enough?
"If you’re trying to get people to act on climate change, then fear is not going to do it."
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Shell sponsored a museum exhibit on climate solutions. There were strings attached.
The exhibit centers on technologies that oil and gas companies say will allow them to keep selling fossil fuels.
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Renting clothes is ‘less green than throwing them away’
Transportation and dry cleaning make it the worst green option for consumers of fashion, study finds.
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In the Midwest, faith communities are ramping up the fight against climate change
A collaboration between houses of worship and the National Wildlife Federation is bringing religious groups deeper into the environmental movement.
