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Climate change risking availability of key alternative fuel source, study says
According to a new study, global changes in the climate could make it more difficult for scientists and companies to develop biomass technologies, now and in the future, which are important to creating renewable energy.
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The world isn’t ready for climate-change-driven inflation
For years, scientists and economists have warned that climate change could cause massive shortages of major commodities, such as wine, chocolate, and cereals.
What is a tree worth?
The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is home to some of the oldest trees in the country. For decades, they were felled indiscriminately for lumber. Will the remaining trees be protected?
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How climate change helped fuel the U.S. lumber shortage
Bitcoin? Blasé. Gold? Going out of style. "The hottest commodity on the planet," according to Dustin Jalbert, an economist at the market-research firm Fastmarkets, is lumber.
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Brazil authorizes national security force to fight deforestation
Brazil has authorized its national public security force to support efforts to fight deforestation in the Amazon, amid worries that 2020 could see another surge in destruction of the world's largest rainforest.
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Rivers in SC and NC are still feeling the effects of Hurricane Florence
Months after the drenching storm pummeled the Carolinas, rivers are still showing effects from Hurricane Florence.
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