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Study: Redlining intensifies the impact of climate change in urban areas

The legacy of the discriminatory federal housing policy known as redlining continues to deprive some urban neighborhoods of investment. A new study maps how that former policy worsens the impacts of climate change.

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Is weakening a landmark environmental law Trump's biggest rollback yet?

“It's a fundamental attack on our system of environmental protection."

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On February 12, 1958, Frank Capra's Unchained Goddess aired nationwide on CBS, warning viewers about rising CO2 in the atmosphere.

Before Gore, Greta, and the Green New Deal: Part One

What do the Three Stooges, Godzilla, Frank Capra and a 1960's Los Angeles Garage band have in common? They all snuck a bit of environmental storytelling into their art.

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House Republicans caught between Trump and young voters on climate change

GOP leaders are putting together their own more modest set of climate policies that their party can rally behind.

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After deadly floods, West Virginia created a resiliency office. It's barely functioning

As communities rebuild after West Virginia's 2016 once-in-a-millennia flooding, the state's response to the climate challenge has been mixed, at best, raising questions about how prepared people will be for the next disaster.

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A rare species of tree was saved from Australia's wildfires. And something else happened

A coalition of firefighters and others saved some of the world’s most endangered trees from being consumed by wildfire in Australia—or “Oz,” as locals call their country. What could we learn from this?

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Worker buy-in is the key for successful corporate sustainability

Successful companies endow a sense of “sustainability ownership” in their employees, so that everyone—from the mailroom to the boardroom—picks up the baton.

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This map shows where Americans might move as sea levels rise

Projecting the migration patterns of people leaving coastal cities shows which cities need to prepare for a population influx.

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Why is Toyota building a smart city from scratch?

The automaker-turned-mobility-company announced last week it wants to build a living, breathing urban laboratory from the ground up in Japan.

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Records of change

Thanks to foresight and meticulous records collected nearly a century ago, scientists are reconstructing a picture of some of Mexico's most important ecosystems before were transformed.

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More than 300 Amazon employees violate communications policy directed at climate activists

Despite warnings not to speak out, more than 300 Amazon staffers will publicly call out the company for its climate policy, its work with federal agencies and its attempts to stifle dissent.

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