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Kenya's herders swap livestock for chillies as drought bites.
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The Guardian view on electric cars: They’ll change the world.
Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
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Car drivers dream of freedom and autonomy but the future may be robotic public transport
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Diesel has to die – there is no reverse gear on this.
Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
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On Transition (!).
I have just returned from the first Transition US National Gathering and then a subsequent Leadership Retreat and I have Transition on my mind. ...
Extreme heat warnings issued in Europe as temperatures pass 40C.
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Authorities in 11 countries warn residents and tourists to take precautions amid region’s most intense heatwave – nicknamed Lucifer – since 2003
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Children play in...
A push for EPA to revise coal ash rules.
Environmentalists seeking aggressive coal ash cleanup in North Carolina are watching requests for rule revisions in Washington, DC.
By Catherine Clabby
A push is underway to...
Fracking is causing invasion of harmful non-native plants in Pennsylvania forests, PSU researchers say.
Invasive, non-native plant species are “rapidly invading” northern forests in Pennsylvania because of fracking in the Marcellus shale basin, a group of Penn State...
Can Congress bring the National Flood Insurance Program above water?
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If no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or protect citizens, weather disasters could kill 152,000 a year between 2071 and 2100,...
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