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Climate adaptation isn’t surrender. It’s survival

by Molly Wood
May 17, 2019
Investment in adaptation technology needs to grow.
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"How We Survive": suggested reading on climate change adaptation

by Marketplace Staff
May 13, 2019
In addition to sharing our coverage of climate change adaptation on "Marketplace Tech," we also want to highlight great writing, important documents and interesting facets of the bigger conversations in play.
Sylvia Li
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That U.N. extinction report? There are real economic costs.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 7, 2019
We could lose a million species on this planet because of human activity, according to the study.
An endangered Bornean orangutan at the Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia.
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Sometimes it takes a big prize to solve big tech problems

by Amy Scott
Apr 22, 2019
Could a $10 million prize be a catalyst for environmental innovation?
Water in the St. Lucie River is covered by a blue-green algae bloom, plaguing the river as it accumulates at the St. Lucie Lock and Dam in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on July 5, 2016.
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Report says network news lacking when it comes to climate coverage

by Erika Beras
Apr 8, 2019
A report from Media Matters finds that broadcast TV news coverage of climate change fell by 45 percent between 2017 and 2018.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (R) and other Congressional Democrats listen during a news conference in front of the U.S. Capitol February 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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Which shopping bag is "greenest" to use?

by Kai Ryssdal , Bennett Purser and Liz Sanchez
Apr 2, 2019
Paper, plastic or cotton?
Employees hand out free reusable grocery bags at a Whole Foods Market in 2008 in Pasadena, California.
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One Texas non-profit's idea to help curb climate change

by Travis Bubenik
Apr 1, 2019
Landowners would pay to “store” carbon.
Texas Coastal Exchange says preserving coastal marshland could be key to battling climate change.
Travis Bubenik for Marketplace
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U.S. ski industry steps up climate lobbying

by Ali Budner
Feb 14, 2019
The ski industry is speaking out about dwindling snowfall and shorter ski seasons.
The ski industry is speaking out about dwindling snowfall and shorter ski seasons.
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Plentiful rain brings abundant and cheaper truffles to the table

by Janet Babin
Jan 10, 2019
But there's no guarantee that will continue.
A man holds a white truffle at the Grinzane Cavour castle near Alba, northwestern Italy, on November 12, 2017.
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EPA decision could make it harder to impose environmental rules

by Scott Tong
Dec 31, 2018
Coal mining companies and power plants that burn coal are trying to sort out the implications of a deregulatory move by the Trump administration late Friday. The EPA is proposing to re-think rules cutting the air pollutant mercury – it’s a toxin which can impact the brain development of babies. For now, the agency says […]
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