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Causes

Online shopping? Try slower shipping to help the planet

The potential climate and environmental benefits of e-commerce may depend on what choices you make at checkout.

Impacts

Whales, turtles, the alligator, flaco: Animals in the news

Wild creatures have been in the headlines lately, sometimes in disturbing ways that reflect the impact of climate change.
Politics

Where does all the cardboard come from? I had to know

Entire forests and enormous factories running 24/7 can barely keep up with demand. This is how the cardboard economy works.
Newsletter

Bitcoin climate impact greater than gold mining, study shows

Environmental damage of producing cryptocurrency averages 35% of its market value over past five years.

Solutions

How does ethereum’s ‘merge’ make the cryptocurrency greener?

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, has completed a plan to drastically reduce its carbon emissions through a software upgrade known as “the merge”. Here we explain what has changed and what the implications might be.

Politics

‘Monstrosities in the farmland’: how giant warehouses transformed a California town

Ontario was once at the center of the dairy industry. Now it’s home to Amazon’s largest warehouse and many others – with dangerous consequences.

Causes

Cryptocurrency ethereum plans to cut carbon emissions by 99% with upgrade

Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency, will complete a plan to lower its carbon emissions by more than 99% in the next month, the foundation that controls the platform has confirmed.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Vanishing Bayous: On a boat at ground zero for sea level rise

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Department of Energy allocates $134 million for fusion funding

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Study finds Indigenous territories of Amazon rainforest can protect humans from disease

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New EPA proposal aims to strike down landmark climate "endangerment finding"

Wildfire burns historic Grand Canyon lodge as toxic gas leak complicates response

Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

CLIMATE
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Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

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Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs