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environmental impact of Russia’s invasion
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The environmental impact of Russia’s invasion goes beyond Ukraine – how do we deal with ‘problems without passports’?

Ecological damage, risk of nuclear accident and the economic fallout from war all affect countries well beyond the conflict zone. How should the world deal with these borderless threats?

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Battery-powered appliances home clean energy
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Battery-powered appliances will be the future of home clean energy

Traditionally, batteries’ purpose was to make gadgets portable. Today, they’re a shortcut in our path to “electrify everything.”
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people choosing green burials
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More people choosing green burials without caskets, cremation, embalming

Green burials — the American standard until the Civil War — are coming back, as people ditch expensive caskets and decompose into the soil instead.
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Sky-high kites tap unused wind power
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Sky-high kites aim to tap unused wind power

High-altitude winds remain a huge untapped source of renewable energy, but a race to the sky is well underway.
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California moves to penalize oil company profits
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California Democrats pass Newsom's proposal that could penalize oil company profits

Oil companies will have to submit vast amounts of data on pricing and supply.
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Trains derail in North Dakota, California; hazmat crews respond

In North Dakota, four cars filled with liquid asphalt and two cars filled with ethylene glycol spilled part of their loads.
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Rewilding’ parts of the planet could have big climate benefits
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‘Rewilding’ parts of the planet could have big climate benefits

Restoring fish, bison, gray wolves and other animals in key regions is possible without risking food supplies, and could remove nearly 500 gigatons of CO2 from the atmosphere by 2100.

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EPA’s move to restrict ‘forever chemicals' PFAS
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Environmentalists praise the EPA’s move to restrict ‘forever chemicals’ in water and wonder, what’s next?

On March 6, 2001, an Ohio-based environmental lawyer named Robert Bilott sent a 19-page letter to the Environmental Protection Agency warning of an imminent public health threat. Bilott had been working on a lawsuit involving a West Virginia farmer who suspected that his livestock were dying off because of chemicals being dumped on his property. […]
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phthalates parabens personal care products

Get phthalates, parabens out of the bathroom drawer to reduce breast cancer risk: Study

Women who switched to paraben- and phthalate- free shampoos, lotions, soaps and deodorants had fewer cancer-associated changes to breast tissue cells.

environmental justice

LISTEN: Robbie Parks on climate justice and mental health

“It’s not just moving people around that’s going to solve public health disasters.”

WATCH: Are plastics a threat to national security?

WATCH: Are plastics a threat to national security?

Pete Myers explores the troubling link.

plastic waste

Every stage of plastic production and use is harming human health: Report

New report recommends the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty significantly reduce plastic use through aggressive bans and caps, and closer examination of toxic ingredients.

Adrift: Communities on the front lines of pesticide exposure fight for change

Adrift: Communities on the front lines of pesticide exposure fight for change

Rural communities of color and farmworkers are disproportionately exposed to some of the most dangerous chemicals used in agriculture.

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