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The Water Crisis in Mississippi America Can’t Afford to Ignore
In this Feb. 22, 2021 photo, Doris Devine in Jackson, Mississippi, stores containers with potable water provided by Jackson councilman…
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Climate Change Is Killing Butterflies in the American West
A butterfly sits atop a flower in Los Angeles, California, July 9, 2008.Photo: Gabriel Bouys (Getty Images) Butterflies play essential…
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How Perseverance Made It To Mars: An Engineering Deep-Dive
Image: Jason Torchinsky The world rightfully gawked at the engineering prowess of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as it successfully landed…
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Chinese Province Could Ban Bitcoin Mining to Cut Energy Use
Inner Mongolia said: Bitcoin is not accepted here anymore!Photo: Lam Yik Fei (Getty Images) Over the past decade, bitcoin has…
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Big Oil’s New Slate of Buzzwords Are Greenwashing at Its Worst
Pumpjacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M.Photo: Charlie Riedel (AP) The past year has been not great for oil…
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Leaked Big Oil Docs Hint at Support for a Carbon Tax
The American Petroleum Institute is planning to endorse a carbon tax but has no plans to stop funding climate-denying candidates—or…
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NOAA Moves Step Closer to Starting Hurricane Season Earlier
This combination of satellite images provided by the National Hurricane Center shows 30 hurricanes that occurred during the 2020 Atlantic…
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Extreme Rainfall Has Been Linked With Low Birth Weight
A Dessana indigenous man plays with a baby by the Negro River at the Tupe Reservation in the outskirts of…
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Kids Are Being Exposed to a Lot of Concerning Chemicals Through Plastic Toys
Photo: Noel Celis/AFP (Getty Images) Children’s toys contain many potentially toxic chemicals, recent research suggests. The study highlights over 120…
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Primates Appeared Almost Immediately After Dinosaurs Went Extinct, New Research Suggests
Artist’s depiction of Purgatorius mckeeveri.Image: Primates Emerged Almost Immediately After the Dinosaurs Went Extinct, New Research Suggests A formation famous…
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