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As wildfires rage, Californians fear the coronavirus at shelters
Evacuees along the rural Central Coast have fled wildfires, but more populated areas bring more risk from the coronavirus.
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Behavioral contagion could spread the benefits of a carbon tax
It’s not too late to fight climate change with a long-overdue policy that would have surprisingly broad impact, an economist says.
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot: On a Pennsylvania farm, ‘nature is not just carrying on'
Quarantine in the country means fresh air and space, but a writer’s sense of good fortune is darkened by the state of nature. “What I’m observing is unsettling,” she says.
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In 5 countries, overwhelming majorities want cleaner air, poll finds
The coronavirus lockdown has fed a common desire in some very different countries: the need for cleaner air and support for tougher government rules to get rid of pollution, according to an opinion poll.
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Cyclone Amphan bears down on India and Bangladesh
Hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as Cyclone Amphan approaches, one of the region’s most powerful storms in decades.
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António Guterres: A time to save the sick and rescue the planet
With closer cooperation among nations, the head of the United Nations argues, we could stop a pandemic faster and slow climate change.
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Indigenous groups isolated by coronavirus face another threat: hunger
Indigenous people across the Americas are trying to defend their communities from the pandemic. But for many, isolation can quickly turn into deprivation.
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