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ICYMI: Paint It Black, Pebble Mine Goes Poof & An Asteroid Won’t Save Us
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Soundscapes on a String
How one artist uses custom-built kites to capture nature’s music
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music
The Trump Administration Wants to Drill in the Arctic. Do Oil Companies?
Economic headwinds, political uncertainty could hinder the fossil fuel industry's plans
Bailout: Billions of Dollars of Federal COVID-19 Relief Money Flow to the Oil Industry
The Trump administration is spending pandemic money for oil bailouts
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oil
What Makes a Firenado?
There’s a lot to learn about the fiery twisters
The End of Oil Is Near
The pandemic may send the petroleum industry to the grave
In New Mexico’s Oil Patch, Public Lands Face New Pressures
Oil and gas drilling in the Permian Basin threatens Carlsbad Caverns
Dispatch From the Border Wall
Inside Indigenous actions to stop construction on ancestral sites
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borderlands
ICYMI: Firenado Warning, Hottest Temp Ever & Eagle 1, Drone 0
A weekly roundup for busy people
The Desert Refuge Is Sacred. Don’t Bomb It.
The air force wants to expand bombing
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public lands
What Do We Do With Too Much Renewable Energy?
It's not easy to turn off a wind turbine, but the electricity has to go somewhere
Raising Nature on Florida Ranchlands
Losing ranchlands to subdivisions is bad news for wildlife and the water supply
12 Bean Alternatives to Goya (Plus Rice!)
Get your bean fix from BIPOC-owned operations and small-scale farmers
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food and drink
Trump Administration’s Rollback of Chemical Disaster Rule Threatens Communities, First Responders
EPA refuses to implement new rules following deadly 2013 fertilizer plant explosion
Is There Hope for Travel's Future?
Here’s what residents of over-touristed destinations have to say
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travel
ICYMI: Nanobodies, Nootkatone & Howler Monkeys Gonna Howl
A weekly roundup for busy people
Farmers Struggle to Adapt to Extreme Monsoons
In South Asia, floods and droughts are becoming more common
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climate change
Tracking Wolverines in the Cascades
Citizen scientists are protecting the small but ferocious predators
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wildlife
Vote Joe
Donald Trump’s time is up
