Chemical products, such as plastics, fertilizers and solvents pervade our modern lifestyle. The vast majority are derived from crude oil or natural gas—and producing them generates around 5% of global CO2 emissions. To ...
Environment
Jun 20, 2023
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New houses that rely on dwindling groundwater supplies around one of the United States' biggest cities are to be banned, officials said Thursday, in a sign of the strains that drought and climate change are causing across ...
Environment
Jun 2, 2023
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Saber Zouani lost his job as a waiter when the COVID pandemic ravaged the Tunisian tourism sector, so he decided to try something new and started a permaculture farm.
Agriculture
May 28, 2023
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Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to temporarily order thousands of residents not to drink the water.
Environment
May 23, 2023
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People who live in communities with higher proportions of Black and Hispanic/Latino residents are more likely to be exposed to harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their water supplies than people ...
Environment
May 15, 2023
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California's remarkably wet winter may be several weeks behind us, but flooding remains a significant threat as the majority of the state's massive snowpack has yet to melt, and more snow is forecast for this week.
Earth Sciences
May 2, 2023
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Earlier this month, the Biden administration proposed a plan to distribute cuts from the Colorado River and resolve the century-long legal dispute between states across the American Southwest that share its water supplies.
Environment
Apr 28, 2023
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Spain has vowed to block a regional plan to legalize farming near one of Europe's largest and fauna-rich wetlands, where water supplies have plunged due to climate change and agriculture.
Environment
Apr 17, 2023
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Rich elites with large swimming pools and well-maintained lawns are leaving poorer communities without basic access to water in cities across the world.
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2023
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