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Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2017
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Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2017

The past year may have seemed like doom and gloom for the environment, but there was plenty to be thankful for.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
An open pit mine with dust kicked up by equipment and a processing building in the background.

States push for coal ash control as federal oversight weakens

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Trump moves to open protected Arctic lands in Alaska to oil drilling

A row of data servers in a white room.

AI tools vary in their environmental impact as energy demands grow

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Jellyfish floating in the ocean

Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

Green coral on a reef.

EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

Wildfire smoke in the distance with a forested hill in the foreground.

Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

CLIMATE
Pollution streaming from factory smokestacks

World will surpass 1.5C warming limit in two years if emissions stay on current track

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Climate change is set to shrink crop yields in top farming nations, raising global hunger risks