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Humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems that people all over the world depend on for their survival, a sweeping new United Nations assessment has concluded.
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I lectured about the public health dangers of industrial farming. But what I saw went beyond my fears.
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Building solar, wind, natural gas and water infrastructure all along the U.S.–Mexico border would create economic opportunity rather than antagonism
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The Washington governor wants to transform the electricity grid and new-car market before it’s too late.
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It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs.
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As a new homeowner, my strategy for finding a house was probably a little different than most: I looked for the one with the smallest lawn I could find.
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A Mother Jones investigation prompted the study that turned up the most convincing evidence to date.
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It is 10 years since Alyssa McLemore, 21, disappeared. Hers is just one of literally countless such cases across the US
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The people who created the present American system of self-government were all knowledgeable of Roman history, using many of its lessons in structuring the modern republic. Today as history repeats itself, we are left without the wisdom of those whose system we continue to pantomime.
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Human activity was changing the Earth’s drought and rainfall patterns as far back as the early 20th century, new research shows.
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The world has done little to tackle global warming since Bill McKibben’s landmark book on the subject was published in 1989.
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A new report says the overuse of antimicrobial drugs in humans, animals and plants is fueling resistant pathogens that could kill 10 million people annually by 2050.
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Moments before Earth Day, New York City passed a major Climate Mobilization Act with new regulations for reducing emissions and becoming a more resilient city — including requiring all new buildings to have green roofs.
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Five years after the beginning of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, residents are still feeling the impact of being poisoned by their state government.
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New York wants to fight climate change through good farming. Here’s the dirt.
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After 3 years of being buried and submerged, ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ single-use plastic bags could still hold a full load of groceries.
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A colony in Halley Bay lost more than 10,000 chicks in 2016 and hasn’t recovered. Some adults have relocated.
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Few lawyers choose to represent migrants at Stewart Detention Center, which rejects more than 90% of applicants. Marty Rosenbluth has made defending those who may have a right to stay his lifework.
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Svalbard’s wild reindeer are surviving warmer winters by foraging on, yes, seaweed.
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Environmental groups are preparing for a fight against the proposal that would end a five-year fracking moratorium in central California
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Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe’s spruce forests which define the region’s landscape.
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Underperforming fields leach toxic chemicals and cost farmers money. Here’s a better use for this land.
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The delay appears to be an acknowledgment that the court decision is a significant setback for what President Trump has called his policy of “energy dominance” — an effort to rapidly expand oil and gas drilling across the country.
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Every half hour, the world lost a football-field chunk of tropical forest in 2018.
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“It was very difficult for us, our ancestors, to win these rights and little by little they are decreasing.”
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It’s not just parents and their children who have been ripped apart at the southern border by the Trump administration, nor has family separation stopped there despite Donald Trump’s executive order last summer.
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