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Be Straw Free, says 9-year-old boy

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In the United States alone, people use about 500 million straws each day. Nine-year-old Milo Cress wants to put a stop to it.
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How to keep kids safe in a toxic world

Environmental dangers are nearly ubiquitous in the modern world. Parents need to figure out a way to confront the environmental crisis to keep their children safe....
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Water Wars: Water pollution, protection, and politics

Access to fresh water may be the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century. Protecting it may be a matter of life and death....
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Climate change creates wildfires, wildfires create climate change

Global warming creates conditions that make wildfires more likely. Wildfires then release nitrous oxide into the atmosphere, which creates more climate change....
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Supreme Court rules: EPA, not states, must regulate greenhouse gasses

The Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit brought by six states, including New York, that sought to regulate greenhouse gasses from major power plants....
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Wildfires, tornadoes, floods; Are hurricanes next?

The United States is bracing for a rough hurricane season, and budget cuts in disaster preparedness have some experts concerned....
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Solar panels could encourage Israeli-Palestinian cooperation

Israeli Kibbutzim are tapping into the power of the sun, and the solar power generators could be a model for partnership between Israel and Palestine....
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Strange weather and climate change

A meteorologist connects the dots between the recent floods, tornadoes, blizzards and climate change....
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Teenager sues U.S. government over climate inaction

Teens have filed lawsuits in all 50 states and federal court to force government officials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....
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EPA delays new rules on industrial air pollution

Republicans and companies have attacked the EPA's proposed new rules aimed at cutting air pollution, but the EPA's delay has raised concerns that the Obama administration could be putting politics above public health....
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