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Climate savior or ‘Monsanto of the sea’?

The nascent transformation of seaweed farming — from small-scale, coastal operations to a large, increasingly offshore industry — is raising a host of scientific and ethical questions as well as worries about the environmental and social effects of growing vast amounts of seaweed.

Resilience
The Forest Service is experimenting with relocating tree species to save them from climate change
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The Forest Service is experimenting with relocating tree species to save them from climate change

'Assisted migration' has come to the Pacific Northwest, but experts don’t agree if it's a good thing or a radical response to a warming world.

Causes
Carbon removal trade group launches with ‘Hippocratic oath’ for the industry
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Carbon removal trade group launches with ‘Hippocratic oath’ for the industry

But do its members really have the same interests?
Solutions
Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy
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Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy

The UK and EU say they plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, even as both pursue plans to burn massive amounts of carbon-producing wood pellets.
Politics
UN forest accounting loophole allows CO2 underreporting by EU, UK, US
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UN forest accounting loophole allows CO2 underreporting by EU, UK, US

Scientists say burning woody biomass is not carbon neutral, yet the United Nations IPCC appears to be ignoring its own guidelines.

Politics
A wish list for an environmentally friendly NAFTA
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A wish list for an environmentally friendly NAFTA

As secret negotiations progress and Donald Trump threatens to walk away from NAFTA, trade experts ask how to make the agreement better for people and planet.
Politics
Red Cloud’s Revolution: Oglalla Sioux freeing themselves from fossil fuel
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Red Cloud’s Revolution: Oglalla Sioux freeing themselves from fossil fuel

In the Trump era, the Oglalla of South Dakota are setting up solar companies and alternative energy schools to train their people for a New Economy, leaping past enslavement to fossil fuels.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Miners standing in a tunnel in front of equipment.

Trump plan would close dozens of mine safety offices, leaving coal towns exposed

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Coal-fired electricity spikes as gas prices rise, pushing up U.S. emissions

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New wildfire hazard maps expand zones for millions of Californians

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Young climate lawsuit ends after a decade without Supreme Court review

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NIH shuts down future research into climate change health impacts