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The new face of activism: Youth
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The new face of activism: Youth

Rather than waiting for adults to act, more young girls and boys are standing up and speaking out on the world's pressing issues.

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Thermal houses keep people warm in Peru's Andean highlands

Thirty families from a rural community more than 4,300 meters above sea level will have warm houses that will protect them from the freezing temperatures that each year cause deaths and diseases among children and older adults.

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As smog returns, China's cities issue pollution alerts

A government research center says the latest bout of air pollution has lingered because of 'unfavorable' weather conditions.

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Local inaction threatens China’s snow leopards, report says
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Local inaction threatens China’s snow leopards, report says

"Human population growth and grassland degradation are likely to push some species to the edge of extinction."

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Chile has medicine against desertification, but does not take it
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Chile has medicine against desertification, but does not take it

The retention of rainwater which otherwise is lost at sea could be an excellent medicine against the advance of the desert from northern to central Chile, but there is no political will to take the necessary actions, according to experts and representatives of affected communities.

The town that rations water by the hour
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The town that rations water by the hour

One dried-up county in China only turns on the tap three times a day.
Argentina’s Patagonia rebels against oil field waste pits
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Argentina’s Patagonia rebels against oil field waste pits

A project to install a huge deposit of oil field waste pits has triggered a crisis in the north of Argentina's southern Patagonia region, and brought the debate on the environmental impact of extractive industries back to the forefront in this Southern Cone country.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Person in a yellow vest installing a solar panel

DOE drops solar focus in revamp of student building competition

Offshore wind turbines in a line on a cloudy ocean horizon.

Offshore wind turbines may offer new habitat for key fish species

A large pipe emitting water into a dirty water source.

Texas water fight pits growing cities against each other over groundwater exports

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

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

CLIMATE
Firefighters in full gear fighting a barn fire.

Urban wildfires may expose firefighters to toxic metals like lead and mercury

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Tribes exit pipeline negotiations in Michigan over lack of consultation