Abacus
Published in 1991, the tale of over-educated, under-employed young people who lament the broken world they’ve inherited speaks to the concerns of today’s youth.
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I spoke to dozens of people in the industry, to find out what they do – and don’t – believe.
Periodical cicada in Washington, D.C., May 2017.
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One of the largest groups of 17-year cicadas, Brood X, last emerged from underground in 2004. The next generation will arrive starting in April.
Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline set up a support station at kilometre 39, just outside of Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on January 8, 2020. The Wet'suwet'en peoples are occupying their land and trying to prevent a pipeline from going through it.
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Indigenous land defenders: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 6 transcript.
The direct confrontational tactics adopted by environmental activists over the past decade have transformed the global climate movement.
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A web of local environmental action campaigns launched against oilsands pipelines a decade ago helped bring an end to Keystone XL.
Lockdowns didn’t have the impact many had hoped.
Pollen can suppress how the body’s immune system responds to viruses.
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As climate change drives pollen counts upward, that could potentially result in greater human susceptibility to other viruses, as well.
Paul and Becky Rogers converted 14 acres of land in Kent County, Mich. to habitat that supports pollinators, songbirds and wildlife.
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It’s possible to feed the world’s 7.8 billion people with more environmentally friendly farming practices. Here’s how.
Growing cannabis indoors is an energy-intensive process.
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Growing weed indoors is not an environmentally friendly process. Climate controls create a lot of greenhouse gas emissions, and where the pot is produced has a huge influence on emission levels.
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Demand would shift from luxuries to necessities.
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Putting affected people and communities at the centre of difficult relocation decisions must be a priority under laws that replace the old Resource Management Act.
Regulations have an accountability problem.
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An economist and an environmental law expert explain why a tax is more palatable to the industry and better for the public than regulation.
The polar night can last for weeks and even months in the high Arctic.
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A transcript of episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including stories on the Arctic Ocean and new archaeological finds in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge.
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By continuing to privilege economic growth over environmental and social sustainability, we are taking huge risks with our future.
Houses as power stations.
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New social housing can provide a safe, secure and climate resilient home for tenants.
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Excavator, farmer, matchmaker: echidnas provide a host of benefits to nature. So let’s harness the potential.
As climate change brings longer and drier summers, Canadians will face greater risks of more serious wildfires, like those that tore through neighbourhoods in Fort McMurray, Alta., in May 2016.
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Governments must expand the number of people who see themselves as “winners” in the transition to a low-carbon society.
A healthy seagrass meadow outside of Porthdinllaen harbour, North Wales.
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Seagrass meadows are a powerful ally in the effort to slow climate change and reverse wildlife losses.
A late snowfall could set back the growth of this budding lilac.
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Trees and shrubs in cold-weather climates rely on certain signals, such as temperature and light, to know when to leaf out and bloom. Climate change is scrambling those signals.
The Arctic is warming two to three times faster than any other place on Earth.
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Plus, new discoveries about early humans in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge. Listen to episode 5 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.