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When a disaster strikes, be it a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other type of extreme weather, an army of workers assemble. They arrive in waves to ravaged areas ready to respond.
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The people behind America's disaster recovery
From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe.
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You’re the product of stability on a planetary scale. Around 12,000 years ago, Earth warmed from an ice age into the relatively consistent climate that allowed humans to adopt agriculture, literally putting down roots.

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The oceans just hit an ominous milestone
A new report sounds the alarm on mounting ocean acidification as Earth breaches the seventh of nine planetary boundaries.
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Under New Jersey rules, any facility that uses more than 100,000 gallons of water per day (or has the capacity to do so) for industrial, cooling or other non‐agricultural uses must obtain either a Water Allocation Permit or, a Water Use Registration.
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How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers. - Inside Climate News
If signed, the bill would make data centers release quarterly reports on water and electricity use.
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One of the most prominent cattle farmers in North Carolina has reached a financial settlement with the state Department of Environmental Quality over allegations that its grazing operations damaged more than three miles of mountain streams.
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North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams - Inside Climate News
Wildlife officials had to rescue, relocate brook trout after Bottomley Properties cleared hundreds of acres of mountain forest for grazing.
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Those stuck arguing that global warming was not not a crisis — an awkward double negative — countered that the scientific community was in near-universal agreement that CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions were at fault.

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Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
The Department of Energy is calling for honest dialogue. It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.
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If you’re struggling to walk more, know that it’s not necessarily a failure of willpower. Planners designed American cities not just to prioritize the car, but to impede the pedestrian, too few sidewalks, fat thoroughfares slicing up neighborhoods.
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Struggling to get in your daily steps? It may be your city's fault.
Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes - people in walkable cities get about 20 percent more steps.
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