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Amid dire climate change projections, a new book argues that hope still matters

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson
Apr 24, 2023
Well-known author Rebecca Solnit co-edited “Not Too Late,” which argues we shouldn't view climate change as a battle we've already lost.
"Not Too Late," said co-editor Rebecca Solnit, is "a toolbox to equip people with the ideas, the hope, the confidence, the context, to go out and do something."
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Climate change is making spring pothole season worse, stretching local government budgets

by Henry Epp
Apr 11, 2023
Filling them is a short-term fix.
Justin Benjamin, a crew leader with the public works department in Winooski, Vermont, tamps asphalt into a pothole on East Spring Street.
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My Economy

California retailer weathers the storm of tech layoffs and a "climate pandemic"

by Nicholas Guiang
Mar 31, 2023
In the laid-back beach town of Santa Cruz, a local retailer adds wildfires and epic rain storms to the list of things to plan for.
Sonia McMoran consults her weather app to plan ahead for her store, above.
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A Warmer World

Hurricane risk will grow in the coming decades, report warns

by Amy Scott
Mar 1, 2023
A new tool shows the likelihood of wind damage by property address.
Cleared lots were all that remained of some homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, in late January, months after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area.
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Genetically modified trees arrive in U.S. forests

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Feb 28, 2023
The idea is that they'll be able to pull more carbon dioxide from the air than regular trees.
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United launches $100 million green jet fuel fund

by Mitchell Hartman
Feb 22, 2023
The airline will invest in startups developing sustainable jet fuels leveraging money from the Inflation Reduction Act.
United's investment fund will work to fund early-stage companies that are working toward greener jet fuel.
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A Warmer World

New carbon capture methods offer hopeful outlook for addressing climate change

by Amy Scott and Sarah Leeson
Feb 20, 2023
One startup's method relies on the same natural process that pulls CO2 out of the air to create limestone.
To make progress against climate change, we'll need to invest in technologies that pull carbon dioxide out of the air, in addition to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.
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A battered world economy faces a "polycrisis"

by Savannah Peters
Jan 11, 2023
The World Economic Forum's new report identifies a long list of interconnected economic threats that could feed off of and worsen each other. But there is a caveat.
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What does it take to lift a house? A lot of money, sweat and hydraulic jacks.

by Amy Scott
Jan 9, 2023
The business of elevating homes is growing as sea-level rise and wetter storms increase flood risk in many parts of the country.
This house in Slidell, Louisiana, is about to be lifted more than 8 feet.
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One big bank halts new fossil fuel investments. Will others follow?

by Nova Safo and Jarrett Dang
Dec 29, 2022
HSBC said it will stop investing in new oil and gas fields. Climate activist Bill McKibben calls it a welcome first step.
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