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![Firefighters mill around on a dirt road next to a red firetruck that says Volunteer on the side]()
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New York isn’t ready to fight more wildfires
New York could see more frequent and destructive blazes, but the state doesn’t have enough forest rangers and firefighters to respond to the growing threat.
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![The sun burns brightly behind a dark pumpjack in an empty field]()
There’s a reason oil well sales are collapsing in California: Cleanup costs
Faced with putting up hefty bonds to clean up their mess, operators are instead taking a pass on selling off dying wells.
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![A small group of protesters hold signs, mostly in Korean, but one reads]()
![A small group of protesters hold signs, mostly in Korean, but one reads]()
At the final round of plastic treaty negotiations, a production cap hangs in the balance
Dozens of countries say the treaty will only “end plastic pollution” if it restricts production.
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![Illustration of worn and well-loved water bottle, sweater, and sock]()
![Illustration of worn and well-loved water bottle, sweater, and sock]()
Rampant consumerism is bad for the planet. ‘Underconsumption core’ offers an alternative.
Meet the new minimalism trend of 2024 — and the TikTokers hoping it will last.
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Extreme Weather
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Some towns still don’t have drinkable water months after Hurricane Helene. A full recovery could take years.
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Climate change made all of this year’s Atlantic hurricanes so much worse
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It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire
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‘Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
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Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
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![Collage featuring warehouse worker carrying cardboard box off-gassing ethylene oxide]()
An invisible chemical is poisoning thousands of unsuspecting warehouse workers
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![Collage of farmworkers carrying produce, snippets of a dollar bill, and tomatoes — all centered around an empty dinner plate]()
The people who feed America are going hungry
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![illustration in the style of WPA posters of 3 electricians with electric bolts above them; a heat pump and solar panels in the background]()
To get off fossil fuels, America is going to need a lot more electricians
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![Senator Debbie Stabenow speaks with an aide before a committee meeting]()
The Senate’s new farm bill would prioritize the climate. Too bad it’s basically doomed.
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Who’s responsible for waste? A Q&A about the ‘conspiracy’ of overconsumption.
The producer of Netflix’s “Buy Now!” says companies should be accountable for the trash they generate.
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![A windmill next to a barn with hay bales in front.]()
![A windmill next to a barn with hay bales in front.]()
Michigan wants to fast-track renewable development. Local townships are suing.
About 80 townships and counties are challenging the state's Public Service Commission over how it plans to implement a new permitting-reform law.
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![Photo of Trump giving a speech in front of boxes of Whirlpool appliances]()
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How to take climate change out of the culture wars
What if the resistance to climate science is not really about science at all?
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![Protesters hold signs, including a prominent red one reading]()
At COP29, new rules for carbon markets made them even more controversial
Environmental groups say weak guidelines risk facilitating “cowboy carbon markets at a time when the world needs a sheriff.”
Watch This
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
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How efforts to protect an Indigenous oasis almost led to its demise
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![Collage of dollar snippets beside tightly cropped photos of John Podesta, Ed Miliband, Mukhtar Babayev, and Jennifer Morgan]()
![Collage of dollar snippets beside tightly cropped photos of John Podesta, Ed Miliband, Mukhtar Babayev, and Jennifer Morgan]()
‘We lost’: How COP29 ended with a deal that made the whole world unhappy
Under pressure to step up global climate aid, the world’s richest countries secured nothing less than a diplomatic coup in Baku.
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![Wind turbines stand against a sunset near the Gulf of Mexico.]()
![Wind turbines stand against a sunset near the Gulf of Mexico.]()
Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind energy — but it might not be easy
A giant wind farm off the Louisiana coast will be hard to derail.
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![A book cover with the words 'Overshoot' on it. Behind it is a graph going up from left to right and changing color from blue to red.]()
![A book cover with the words 'Overshoot' on it. Behind it is a graph going up from left to right and changing color from blue to red.]()
How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees
A decade after the Paris Agreement, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton trace how we've kept on with business as usual.
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![An aerial shot of a green forest running along a mountain ridge with a road in the middle]()
How a dwindling helium supply is impacting public land management
A new BLM plan for western Colorado makes a priority of helium production, worrying environmentalists.
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