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Plan to divert water to Brazil's Belo Monte dam threatens Indigenous peoples and wildlife

Backlash from bubble-tea fans after China bans plastic straws in restaurants

Scientists link Earth's magnetic reversals to changes in planet's life and climate

Can K-pop stars wield their celebrity to influence climate action?

A climate reporter walks into an appliance store...

Fossil fuels cause 1 in 5 premature deaths worldwide, study says

Author Kim Nicholas on the five stages of 'radical climate acceptance'

This start-up turns locust swarms in Kenya into animal feed

Will car-obsessed Madrid join Europe’s biking and walking trend?

An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador

The world rethought nuclear energy after Fukushima. Climate change complicates it.

Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle

Fishermen risk their lives to defend a vital lake in Colombia

'Nature is always singing': Now you can make your own music from nature's sounds

Plan to dump Fukushima's radioactive water into ocean causes outcry

After Texas freeze, immigrants play critical role in repairing tens of thousands of homes

Climate change scientist trades in the halls of Oxford for YouTube

It’s been 10 years since Fukushima. What’s it like to rebuild in a city that ‘doesn’t exist’?

‘The Journey Itself Home’: Reflections on moving forward after devastation in Japan

West African villagers take on an American oil giant in a new novel by Imbolo Mbue