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US South’s March Wildfires Signal Risks of a Dangerous Spring Fire Season
Wildfires have been making headlines this week as hundreds of wildfires break out in the Carolinas and Georgia, with extreme wildfire risks also predicted for parts of Texas and New…
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For Two Decades, the Salmon Count Was Wrong and Puget Sound’s Orcas Paid the Price
For more than two decades, efforts to restore Chinook salmon populations have included setting recovery targets, closing fishing seasons, and…
Privatising survival
There is a significant deficit in both new infrastructure and maintenance spending for flood defences, adding to an already existing…
The American Project Has Never Been Perfect. It’s Still Worth Fighting For.
Each year on the Fourth of July, my family embarks on a new adventure, and this year, we're heading to…
The hidden toll of wood pellet power
When the world’s largest producer of wood pellets established what was termed as a state-of-the-art biomass facility near Ruby Bell’s…
Made From Scratch: The Virgin Materials Price Tag on Four Everyday Products
Producing a single cotton t-shirt requires approximately 2,700 liters of water, equivalent to the amount a person would drink over…
Bottom trawling activists getting boulder
Greenpeace has revealed its intention to deploy boulders in marine areas designated for wildlife protection to obstruct what it terms…
Dear Doomer: Hope is a DisciplineÂ
Recently, it seems that every glance at the headlines reveals another obstacle in the pursuit of climate justice. From policy…
Efforts to save kelp forests from ocean warming are ramping up
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In…