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The 885-kilometer (550-mile) highway in Brazil between the cities of Manaus and Porto Velho, BR-319, is one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the Amazon. Local politicians argue that repaving the road — left in disrepair for decades and…
In the lush highlands of northern Nicaragua, nestled between two natural reserves, La Cumplida isn’t your average coffee farm. Over two decades, massive reforestation and innovative agriculture practices have allowed it to transform the region, showing how a different approach…
From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability This story is from the Hechinger Report Gavin Abundis watched as firefighter Adrian Chairez demonstrated how he uses pulleys…
With three years to go, experts agree that the city has set bold goals and faces steep challenges Hosting the summer Olympics used to be a dream for many global cities, but it is now seen by many as more…
After losing two of the Yangtze River’s native wildlife icons — the baiji (a river dolphin) and the Chinese paddlefish — to dams and overfishing, and almost losing the Yangtze sturgeon, China seems to be taking measures to correct the course.…
In July, naturalist Soumyadip Santra was on a trip to the Indian Sundarbans, part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, when he witnessed an unusual scene: a fishing cat jumped on an adult monitor lizard and dragged it away toward…
The end of a federal tax credit is expected to push sales of battery-powered cars down but auto experts believe the market will eventually recover.
The highly intelligent cephalopods filled fishing nets and gobbled up crabs and lobsters in Devon and Cornwall this summer.
Kris Mayes has long been one of the state’s biggest climate champions. As attorney general, she’s taking on the Trump administration and the state’s biggest utility as it pushes a 14 percent rate hike. By Wyatt Myskow If there’s an…
A new report from the think tank Clean Tomorrow tracks how states are expanding—or restricting—where renewable energy projects can be built. By Aidan Hughes This hasn’t been a kind year for developers looking to break ground on renewable energy projects.