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Guardian

Seagrass resurgence offers ray of hope for Florida’s hard-hit manatees

A remarkable turnaround in sea cows’ favorite food at Mosquito Lagoon means emergency feeding program can end

Richard Luscombe · January 5, 2024
Wired

Spying on beavers from space could help save California

A group of scientists taught an algorithm to spot beaver ponds in satellite imagery, which has the potential to help drought-ridden areas like California bounce back.

Ben Goldfarb · January 4, 2024
Mother Jones

Endangered

For 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has been one of our most valuable environmental tools. Can it survive today’s attacks?

By Mother Jones Staff · January 3, 2024
Grist

Buying an EV just got more affordable

The federal tax credit is now available as an upfront rebate, making EVs more accessible to low- and-middle-income households.

Gabriela Aoun Angueira · January 3, 2024

Guardian

‘Grief is a rational response’: the 21 US species declared extinct this year

Hawaii hardest hit by loss of eight birds, with an Ohio catfish, a Pacific fruit bat and eight freshwater mussels also disappearing

Maanvi Singh · January 3, 2024
High Country News

Climate litigation to watch in 2024

These court cases could move the needle on the climate crisis.

Natalia Mesa · January 3, 2024
Slate

The gas lobby is slowing climate progress

You may be helping them

Meg Duff · December 28, 2023
Inside Climate News

Congress continues to block farms from reporting livestock emissions

A long standing pattern of letting livestock producers off the hook continues, even as billions pour into the industry.

Georgina Gustin and Phil McKenna · December 27, 2023

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Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists

French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows

Phoebe Weston · December 20, 2023
Grist

Why people still fall for fake news about climate change

It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #climatescam is taking off.

Kate Yoder · December 19, 2023
Inside Climate News

EPA begins a review process that could bring an end to vinyl chloride

Environmentalists were heartened by the agency’s move after the chemical burned in a train derailment in February in East Palestine, Ohio.

Kiley Bense · December 19, 2023
Grist

How to describe 2023 in two words? Global boiling.

Forget "rizz." These 10 words defined the hottest year ever.

Kate Yoder · December 18, 2023