From Coal To Code: A New Path ...

Apr 25, 2019 by

The year-old firm has trained laid-off coal workers to become software coders.

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Brayton Point Coal-Fired Gener...

Apr 24, 2019 by

The Brayton Point coal-fired generating station was one of the dirtiest polluters in New England for decades.

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Millions more Americans breath...

Apr 24, 2019 by

Forty-three percent of Americans live in places where they’re breathing unsafe air, according to American Lung Association

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‘Coming Mass Extinction&...

Apr 24, 2019 by

Far-reaching global assessment details how humanity is undermining the very foundations of the natural world

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How one activist used a little...

Apr 24, 2019 by

Apple isn’t the only company that Ma has helped push toward reform. Since IPE was founded in 2006, his team has gotten more than 1,300 factories to address environmental messes such as discharging waste into rivers.

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Are You Willing To Go To Jail ...

Apr 23, 2019 by

Jail Is Not A Fun Place To Be

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An industrialized global food ...

Apr 23, 2019 by

Globalization is making it harder to identify and trace outbreaks of foodborne illness. Technology can help, but consumers may also have to rethink their food choices.

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On South America’s large...

Apr 23, 2019 by

In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered by funding and technology from China.

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Global Wealth Gap Would Be Sma...

Apr 23, 2019 by

Climate change creates winners and losers. Norway is among the winners; Nigeria among the losers.

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Humans vs. animals: Can the cl...

Apr 23, 2019 by

“With the seasons increasingly unpredictable, fewer chicks will survive,” narrates series host Bear Grylls (of Man vs. Nature fame) as the barnacle goose chick seems to contemplate its onscreen fate.

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Make America Graze Again

Apr 22, 2019 by

Nashville’s Zach Richardson uses sustainable practices — and a flock of sheep — to clear overgrown landscapes.

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What Ocasio-Cortez gets about ...

Apr 19, 2019 by

Spats between members of Congress are seldom worth much attention, but an amusing one that happened between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr (R-Ky.) tells us a lot about how Democrats and Republicans think about the past, present and future of the American economy-

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Bernie Sanders and the Myth of...

Apr 19, 2019 by

The very rich are richer than people imagine.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Vegan t...

Apr 19, 2019 by

But recent studies underscore the need for us to dial back our burger habit.

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‘A New Day in New York&#...

Apr 18, 2019 by

“We are answering the call for bold action.”

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Canadian grocer to allow reusa...

Apr 18, 2019 by

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.

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It’s been exceptionally warm i...

Apr 18, 2019 by

You might have heard about the exceptional heat this year in the northern hemisphere and around the world. March was just declared the second warmest on record globally

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What drought? These states are...

Apr 18, 2019 by

Wyoming wants to modify the Fontenelle Dam so it can use an extra 80,000 acre-feet of water from a tributary of the once-mighty Colorado River

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Energy Equity: Bringing Solar ...

Apr 17, 2019 by

Millions of Americans lack access to solar energy because they cannot afford the steep upfront costs.

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Mexico’s Monarch Butterflies A...

Apr 17, 2019 by

Their habitat could soon be eradicated by climate change.

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100 Million Tree-Planting Init...

Apr 16, 2019 by

The Arbor Day Foundation recently announced its Time for Trees initiative, which aims to plant 100 million trees by 2022.

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Six-decade plankton study char...

Apr 16, 2019 by

Handwritten journals from 50s show how plastic problem has grown to global emergency

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California and EPA Poised to E...

Apr 16, 2019 by

A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state’s aquifers, even as the thirst for groundwater grows.

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A Shocking Discovery Shows Jus...

Apr 16, 2019 by

Tiny bits of plastic likely blown from big cities 100 miles to the south have appeared in the remote French Pyrenees.

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Climate Change & The Exti...

Apr 15, 2019 by

In other words, it’s a socialist movement designed to impose the will of the people on the governments of the world. Oh, dear. Lots of people won’t like that! Is it having any effect?

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The ‘Attenborough Effect...

Apr 15, 2019 by

It’s proof that documentaries are powerful tools for change.

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Is America Becoming an Oligarc...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Growing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.

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Monsanto found liable for Fren...

Apr 15, 2019 by

The potential damages will be considered by another court in Lyon.

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Border Patrol Holds Hundreds o...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Asylum-seekers are forced to wait days inside surplus Army shelters in a parking lot, with no beds and little food or showers.

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Killing migratory birds, even ...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million.

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