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Lessons from the World Cup: How a changing climate is changing sports
From professional to youth leagues, a warming planet is forcing athletes to adapt to new extremes.
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Water thieves abound in dry California. Why are they so hard to catch?
A short-staffed state agency struggles to catch rogue water users.
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Biden administration proposes new rule targeting methane emissions on tribal lands
Wasted natural gas has quadrupled since 1990 – regulators hope to rein in that loss.
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The fossil fuel origins of ‘gaslighting’
Merriam-Webster's word of the year is all about deception. Guess where it comes from?
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Extreme Weather
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Tribes in the Colorado River Basin are fighting for their water. States wish they wouldn’t.
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9 in 10 US counties have experienced a climate disaster in the last decade, report finds
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How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
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Study: Extreme heat responsible for hundreds of deaths in Texas prisons
Indigenous Affairs
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The return of the American bison is an environmental boon — and a logistical mess
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At COP27, Tuvalu joins call for an international treaty to stop fossil fuel expansion
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Report: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges
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The world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here’s why.
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This California city needs housing. But is a new development destined to burn?
Still reeling from the 2018 Camp Fire, Chico residents are divided over a large new subdivision planned in the path of the last blaze.
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Houston is just the latest Texas city to boil water for safety
The infrastructure woes behind a water failure
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Despite Biden’s promises, logging still threatens old forests and U.S. climate goals
Federal agencies continue to move dozens of logging projects forward in federal forests across the United States.
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Herschel Walker, South Park, and the Prius: How loving gas-guzzlers got political
Why do Republicans defend polluting vehicles? Because Democrats love the saintly Prius.
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As the outdoor industry ditches ‘forever chemicals,’ REI lags behind
Here are some of the other brands that have promised to phase out PFAS.
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Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them
With environmental and cultural strains, places like Lake Tahoe could use a break
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Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai land defenders
The alleged murder occurred when state security forces tried to evict the Maasai to create a hunting preserve.
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Inside the COP27 fight to get wealthy nations to pay climate reparations
How developing countries' 30-year battle for "loss and damage" funding culminated in a new agreement in Egypt.
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