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Permaculture is helping wildfire survivors recover
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Permaculture is helping wildfire survivors recover

Survivors of California’s Camp Fire are working together to heal the land and each other after the deadly wildfire.
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Is eating bugs any morally different than eating cows?
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Is eating bugs any morally different than eating cows?

Insect protein is a growing market, promising to offer sustainable, fast-growing protein sources. But can insects feel? And if they can, are insect farms any different from factory farms in terms of animal suffering?
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Ranking U.S. cities on their clean-energy progress
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Ranking U.S. cities on their clean-energy progress

The most innovative urban policies ramp up energy efficiency in buildings, but few U.S. cities are pushing the needle on transportation.
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Climate change: 18 months to save the world
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Climate change: 18 months to save the world

We will not combat climate change if our energy use continues unchecked - we need to change our relationship with energy.

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What the Welsh Government has done since it declared a climate change emergency
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What the Welsh Government has done since it declared a climate change emergency

It has been three months since politicians declared the emergency.

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Indigenous communities are better at preserving biodiversity, research shows
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Indigenous communities are better at preserving biodiversity, research shows

A new study adds to research showing concrete links between Indigenous rights to land and sustainable conservation.
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Study suggests economic growth benefits wildlife but growing human populations do not
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Study suggests economic growth benefits wildlife but growing human populations do not

In a world first, researchers at ZSL and UCL compared changes in bird and mammal populations with socio-economic trends in low- and lower-middle income countries over the past 20 years.

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Turkey establishes National Biological Diversity Coordination Board as part of sustainable development goals
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Turkey establishes National Biological Diversity Coordination Board as part of sustainable development goals

A National Biological Diversity Coordination Board has been established under the chairmanship of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

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EPA seeks to add DINP plasticizer to Toxics Release Inventory

EPA seeks to add DINP plasticizer to toxics list

Proposal comes 20 years after regulators first suggested the additive is a health risk

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Peter Dykstra: Greenwashing’s medieval age

Old school greenwashers and deniers with staying power.

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PFAS: The latest toxic concern for those near fracking

The “forever chemicals” are used by the oil and gas industry, but a lack of transparency and accountability makes it impossible to know how widespread contamination could be.

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How Colorado is preventing PFAS contamination from the oil and gas industry

And how other states, including Pennsylvania, could do the same.

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Investigation: PFAS on our shelves and in our bodies

Testing finds concerning chemicals in everything from sports bras to ketchup, including in brands labeled PFAS-free.

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Evidence of PFAS in toilet paper (Yes, toilet paper!)

Testing finds fluorine — an indicator of PFAS — in four brands of toilet paper. However, the levels indicate the chemicals are unlikely added on purpose.