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First Look - Think red-hot heat's bad? Just wait until code magenta. A new warning tool created by the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aims to respond to the increasing dangers of severe heat. The system offers a seven-day forecast with risks from minimal to extreme.

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Charting the rise of plastic pollution – and solutions - Plastic pollution is a focus of Earth Day and of global treaty talks. Our story and charts show the scale of the problem and possible paths toward solutions.

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Focus - How global innovators design a sustainable future - Projects are sprouting up around the globe to build environmentally focused communities. These efforts aim to be practical and inviting, not idealistic.

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Maasai women are told to stay home. These rangers fight poachers instead. In Kenya, an all-woman ranger unit is challenging stereotypes and helping protect both wild animals and the people who live beside them.

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How to stop 'forever chemicals' from lasting, well, forever -- The EPA recently strengthened regulations on PFAS chemicals in drinking water. A next step, some experts say, is reducing the creation of these chemicals in the first place.

4 days ago

Points of Progress -- Good news around the globe: Pulling up concrete and putting solar on renters' roofs -- Progress roundup: Digging up paved surfaces inspires others to reap the climate benefits. In Australia, landlords are installing solar to help meet emissions goals.

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Points of Progress -- Good news around the globe: How trash becomes treasure, and disrespect turns to grace -- Progress roundup: Reuse champs of Denmark, neurodivergence advocates in Peru, and how Tuvulu is defending itself by becoming a digital nation.

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First Look -- The last time this many cicadas emerged Thomas Jefferson was president -- Cicadas by the trillions will emerge from the earth this April in numbers not seen in centuries. Two large broods will emerge at the same time, one from Georgia and the other from central Illinois, to serenade, mate, and lay eggs.

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India's sacred groves are home to forest god shrines – and endangered species -- Sacred groves have become bastions of biodiversity in India, but relying on spiritual belief as a driver for conservation presents risks.

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Brazil's Lula is losing his war against illegal miners in the Amazon -- Brazil's President Lula is backing expensive operations to combat illegal mining and other crimes in the Amazon.

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First Look -- Massachusetts town had a plan to protect its shore. One storm took it away. -- Salisbury, Massachusetts trucked in 14,000 tons of sand to protect homes and roads – but a storm swept it out to sea. The incident exemplifies the challenges with shoreline restoration, a strategy to shield waterfronts as the climate crisis intensifies.

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The last coal plant in New England is sputtering. What happens next? -- New England is on the verge of becoming the first region in the United States to go coal-free. What lessons does the last coal-fired plant in New Hampshire hold for the rest of the country?

1 month ago

Can electric vehicles keep Africa moving? -- As the world transitions to electric vehicles, African companies and governments face significant challenges.

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First Look -- Winter gets the cold shoulder: 2023-24 winter was warmest ever in US -- Some are calling it "the lost winter." Lake Erie and Lake Ontario were nearly ice-free, and parts of Vermont and Maine never fell below zero. The warmest-ever cold season is leading to concerns about natural repercussions.

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