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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
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Agroforestry cuts deforestation in Southeast Asia, but success depends on local policies

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California’s climate program helps factory farms profit off pig waste

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
An oil rig in the middle of the ocean at sunset, with purple clouds and sea and an orange sky.

Fifteen years after the Gulf oil spill, health claims stall as offshore drilling expands

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Climate-fueled disasters and inflation drive Texas homeowners to face soaring insurance costs