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Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Moussa Kamara is part of a project that aims to create hundreds of circular gardens - known as 'Tolou Keur' in Senegal's Wolof language - that organisers hope will boost food security, reduce regional desertification and engage thousands of community workers.

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With stories and puppets, environmentalist battles to save Indonesia's mangroves

Indonesia is home to over a fifth of the world's mangrove forests, which naturally help keep out high tidal waters. But for years, coastal communities have chopped down trees to clear the way for fish and shrimp farms, and for rice paddies.

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Biden restores climate change page to EPA website, reversing Trump

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency restored a page containing key climate change information to its public website on Thursday, four years after the Trump administration had removed it as part of a strategy to downplay global warming threats.
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Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes

As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a study to be published on Friday in the journal Science.
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Heatwaves caused record deaths as Britain struggled with coronavirus: Study

Heatwaves caused a record 2,556 excess deaths in Britain this summer as the country was struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government estimate published on Thursday.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands

Burned foundation of a home next to burned out car and trees.

Wildfire survivors face hidden risks from lingering toxic pollution

A hand places pennies in a glass jar with an image of a house roof covered in solar panels in background.

Solar power surges ahead despite political opposition

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

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US Supreme Court clears way for climate lawsuits against Big Oil

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Farmers face funding cuts as Trump administration reconsiders climate-linked grants

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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

Facade of the Environmental Protection Agency with blue sky and clouds behind.

EPA faces legal pushback over canceled climate grants