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Biden administration unveils roadmap for a greener, more equitable transportation sector
Federal agencies look beyond EVs to envision more convenient and efficient ways of getting around.
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![Illustration of sink water flowing through a pipe that leads to a flower waiting to be watered]()
![Illustration of sink water flowing through a pipe that leads to a flower waiting to be watered]()
A California town’s wastewater is helping it battle drought
Healdsburg recycles 350 million gallons of effluent annually and gives it away for free.
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What 5,000-year-old skeletons tell us about living with climate change
Collapse isn’t inevitable. New research shows that nimble, cooperative societies adapted best to rapid shifts.
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![Two people walk through a field of wheat, carrying containers of pesticides on their back and holding hoses to spray pesticides over the green crop. Neither are wearing any protective gear or face masks. A third spray of the chemical material enters in from the right side.]()
![Two people walk through a field of wheat, carrying containers of pesticides on their back and holding hoses to spray pesticides over the green crop. Neither are wearing any protective gear or face masks. A third spray of the chemical material enters in from the right side.]()
How pesticides intensify global warming
A new report highlights the link between pesticides and climate change.
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How to build a better bike-share program
When corporate owners ditched New Orleans's bike share, the community stepped up to rebuild it with a focus on equity.
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In this Swedish bestseller, a young Sámi woman fights for survival
Newly translated into English and soon to be a Netflix film, "Stolen" is a powerful novel that explores an Indigenous community threatened by climate change, racism, and violence.
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The unexpected barrier preventing American small towns from accessing federal climate funds
How a little-known federal grant requirement could hinder climate resilience work.
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![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
Climate change could submerge Stockton beneath 10 feet of water. The city's aging levees aren't prepared.
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![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.
The Federal Reserve is putting the country's biggest banks to a test.
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‘Alcarrás’ review: In a new Spanish film, solar power threatens a family farm
The hyperealistic drama reminds us that things aren’t always so rosy for people on the front lines of clean energy development.
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![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
![Father son carried flooding Brentwood California]()
California’s storms are almost over. Its reckoning with flood insurance is about to begin.
Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies.
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![Police in dark suits carry a protestor away from the coal mine. The protestor has dirt on their face and looks slightly off camera.]()
![Police in dark suits carry a protestor away from the coal mine. The protestor has dirt on their face and looks slightly off camera.]()
Thousands of protestors fought the expansion of a German coal mine — in vain
Police dispersed hundreds of protestors rallying to save a tiny village from demolition.
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