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Critical sea turtle breeding locations are at risk of flooding, and soon.
Simple filters could help remove microfiber pollution from your laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.
Field workers, many of whom are undocumented, are struggling financially since a series of atmospheric rivers brought extreme weather to California.
Rare footage from thousands of feet underwater shows never-before-mapped areas of the ocean floor.
Two fungi commonly found in plants and soil made meals of some of the hardest-to-recycle plastics.
Police killed Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán on January 18 at the site of ongoing protest against the construction of a police training facility.
Aquifers could serve as energy storage for cooling and heating homes, new research shows.
A school fundraiser that invited kids to hunt cats is no more, following backlash from animal rights groups.
A federal court overturned Berkeley, California's precedent-setting measure for new buildings, putting in jeopardy scores of similar rules.
Researchers found coastal invertebrates, anemones, and even crabs living on plastic far out in open ocean.
Weyerhaeuser is selling promises of carbon offsets on land it plans to log anyway.
"Financial institutions need to be held accountable for their role in financing false solutions."
Defense Department maps suggest that large areas of East Coast water slated for sustainable energy development conflict with Pentagon priorities.
PCBs were banned worldwide in the 1980s, but they're showing up in remote parts of the ocean.
The weekend saw two big developments that could signal different directions for nuclear power.
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