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Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dump
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Inside the global effort to keep perfectly good food out of the dump

Around the world, lawmakers and entrepreneurs are taking steps to tackle two of humanity’s most pressing problems: hunger and climate change.
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Apps like Flashfood and Too Good To Go let you buy food that was going to be thrown away

Several companies say they are tackling food waste by connecting people with unsold food from restaurants and grocery stores.
Politics
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David Wallace-Wells: ‘We’re in a worse place than I expected’ - Bill Gates

The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.
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In Somalia, ‘famine is at the door,' U.N. warns
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In Somalia, ‘famine is at the door,' U.N. warns

A U.N. official stopped short of officially declaring a famine in the country. But some aid workers said that the threshold had already been reached.
Politics
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‘We buried him and kept walking’: children die as Somalis flee hunger

The worst drought in four decades and a sharp rise in food prices caused by the war in Ukraine have left almost half of Somalia’s people facing acute food shortages.
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Conflict and climate change ravage Syria's agricultural heartland
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Conflict and climate change ravage Syria's agricultural heartland

Drought and a decade of war have brought failing crops and poverty to a region once known as Syria’s breadbasket. Even the bread has changed.
Impacts
Sara Menker and Gro Intelligence are tackling global hunger
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Sara Menker and Gro Intelligence are tackling global hunger

The Ethiopian entrepreneur Sara Menker founded Gro Intelligence, which uses artificial intelligence to forecast global agricultural trends and battle food insecurity.
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Faith leaders challenge EPA's climate stance amid deregulatory push

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Climate disasters disrupt education for Black children, deepening inequities

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New Mexico moves to protect workers from extreme heat with proposed rules

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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

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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
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Trump’s science attacks trigger urgent warning from leading researchers

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Trump administration considers major cuts to clean energy programs, drawing bipartisan pushback