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A collection of articles and videos looking at Renewable Energy and Global Warming
A collection of articles and videos looking at how to store Renewable Energy
A collection of articles and videos looking at Nuclear Energy
Fracking, shale - oil, gas and energy
A collection of resources about Cleantech, Renewable Energy, and Investing provides comprehensive insights into the intersection of sustainable technology and financial growth. This collection explores innovative solutions in energy efficiency, solar, wind, and other renewable sources, emphasizing their potential to mitigate climate change and p...
Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity
a collection of resources about fire, the American West
Re-wilding - reclaiming spaces for nature, animals
a collection of articles, videos and podcasts about Land Rights - Private and Public Land in the USA
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
A collection of articles about the Water crises
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles about Air pollution
A collection of articles about How cities are preparing for sea level rise and global warming
a collection about Oceans and Coral Reefs
Rivers, Clean Water and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the fishing, the oceans, and the environment
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans, Temperature, Sea level rise and global warming
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the Oceans and Pollution
Articles and videos looking at the oceans, environment
a collection of articles and videos about Walking, Hiking
a collection of articles and videos about Solar Energy
Water Crises, Rivers, Droughts, and Wildfires
Patagonia - clothing, sportswear company
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection of articles about flooding, and cities around the world prepare and deal with natural disasters.
a collection about Hurricanes and other Natural Disasters
a collection of articles and videos about Japan: Tsunami and Flooding
Brazil - Amazonas, Manaus and economic development issues

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Article

Energy: A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery

But it’s proving ethically trickier than she expected | United States (2024)


Article

Special Report: Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention

It is vital to climate stabilisation, remarkably challenging and systematically ignored | Special report (2023)


Article

Over tourism: The Dark Hedges are dying

“Game of Thrones” made them famous, to their cost | Britain (2023)


Article

To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


Article

Your cotton tote is pretty much the worst replacement for a plastic bag

You have to use a cotton tote thousands of times to make up for its environmental impact. If you’re trying to contribute as little as possible t... (2019)


Article

De-growth: Meet the lefty Europeans who want to shrink the economy

De-growers of the world, unite! | Europe Stop the economy, lefty Europeans want to get off. “Panels of citizens can advise what is wasteful ... (2023)



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A Giant Blob of Seaweed Is Heading to Florida - The New York Times

The mass, known as the great Atlantic Sargassum belt, is drifting toward the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say seaweed is likely to come ashore by sum... (2023)


Article

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives. "Tens of thousands of ag... (2022)


Article

Green Investing. A Dirty Secret - The Economist

Polluting businesses are moving into the financial shadows | Leaders Green investors’ filthy secret. The truth about dirty assets… (2022)


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Why the European Union is a less-than-jolly green giant | Charlemagne. The Economist

The EU is better placed than national governments to set green standards. This will hurt | Europe (2021)


Article

Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway? | The Economist

A bid to protect part of the Pacific raises legal conundrums | The Americas (2021)


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In praise of America’s founding fish | The Economist

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)


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Carbon Credits - There is hope for South-East Asia’s beleaguered tropical forests | The Economist

They are being cut down less and conserved more | Asia The LEAF Coalition and carbon offsets… (2021)


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How 3 tech start-ups plan to tackle forest restoration | World Economic Forum

From algorithms and AI to drones and data, here are some of the innovative solutions being deployed to slow the annual global loss of 15 billion tr... (2021)


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How one business plans to grow one billion trees in 10 years | World Economic Forum

Through community building and bringing companies and consumers closer to reforestation efforts, one company believes it can inspire more people to... (2021)



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Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster - The New York Times

Oceanic sharks and rays have declined more than 70 percent since 1970, mainly because of overfishing, according to a new study. (2021)


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Sydney’s New Suburbs Are Too Hot for People to Live In - Bloomberg

Climate change is making things worse as Australia’s biggest city expands Out west of Sydney it gets hot. Really hot. Like 50 degrees Celsius (1... (2020)


Article

The Coral Gables Problem Beneath the Surface

Nearly half of Coral Gables residences are on septic tanks. Many may be leaking. As sea levels rise, how big a problem is that? % Keon says “the... (2020)


Article

The Amazon - Of chainsaws and supply chains

Of chainsaws and supply chains - How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation | The Americas | The Economist They don’t chop down Amazonia... (2020)


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Opinion | The Reign of Recycling - The New York Times

It’s still costly and inefficient. So why do we keep doing it? (2020)


Article

Europe's lakes and rivers are under threat - but it's not too late | World Economic Forum

More than 1 million species worldwide are at risk of extinction, and freshwater species are particularly threatened. (2020)


Article

Venice Battles Flooding Amid Highest Tide in 50 Years - The New York Times (2019)

The mayor called for a state of emergency and the closing of all schools after the Italian city was submerged under “acqua alta,” an exceptionally ... (2019)


Article

Opinion | Bottled Water Is Sucking Florida Dry - The New York Times

The state’s aquifers are shrinking, yet corporations want to appropriate even more of them. (2019)


Article

Deathwatch for the Amazon - Rainforests

Brazil has the power to save Earth’s greatest forest—or destroy it (2019)


Article

Is Conference Room Air Making You Dumber? - The New York Times

A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized. (2019)


Article

Jakarta Sinking: How Subsidence Endangers Indonesia’s Capital | Harvard Political Review

When Al Gore’s film An Inconvenient Truth was released in 2006, some of its most striking images depicted the flooding of major cities from dramati... (2019)


Article

The shockingly simple way to make packaging more sustainable - Fast Company

Your home cleaning products have a major carbon footprint. Several startups want to popularize a clever solution: remove the water. Blueland deliv... (2019)


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This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold

This Seaweed Was a Caribbean Disaster, Now It's Gold. Caribbean beaches are ankle-deep in slimy, smelly seaweed. Wave after wave of sargassum is bl... (2025)


Video

What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others. (2025)


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Massive project works to restore Florida's Everglades

What's been called the largest restoration project in human history is underway in Florida's Everglades. Billions of dollars are being spent to res... (2024)


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Manatees finally return to these restored Florida rivers | WILD HOPE

Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, th... (2024)


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The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River

The $1.5 Billion Plan to Clean Paris' River (2023)


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Manaus: Why Brazil Built a City in the Middle of the Amazon

The Brazilian city of Manaus sits alone in the middle of the Amazon, and yet it still grew to become the seventh largest city in the country. So wh... (2023)


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How the U.S. Government Broke the Everglades | Everglades National Park

After a devastating hurricane and chronic flooding issues, the US Government, along with the State of Florida, embarked on a project which would ch... (2023)


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Hurricanes: the science behind the destruction

Hurricanes are among the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth, causing billions of dollars of damage and destroying lives every year. But what... (2023)


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The big problem with cement, and how to fix it. Concrete and carbon emissions

Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here's how we get it to net-zero. (2023)


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How we get tree planting wrong | It's Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over th... (2023)


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India is cleaning up Ganges river. Here’s how:

We are experiencing a dangerous decline in nature: One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are turning infertile and water source... (2023)


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Ethiopia, Egypt and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War

Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan and water from the Nile: Why This Circle Could Spark Africa’s Biggest War (2023)


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The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice

The $7BN Megaproject to Save Venice Planning to build a flood defence system for your city? You'd better watch this. (2023)


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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works.

Global warming: I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here's How It Works. (2023)


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Why rivers shouldn't look like this | It's Complicated

The quintessential image of a river you might recognise from post cards and paintings – nice and straight with a tidy riverbank – is not actually h... (2023)


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The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)


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13 Misconceptions About Global Warming

13 Misconceptions About Global Warming (2022)


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Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming

Why Electric Planes are Inevitably Coming (2021)


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How trees talk to each other | TED - Suzanne Simard

TED 16.8M subscribers "A forest is much more than what you see," says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests h... (2020)


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The secret language of trees - TED-Ed Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard

TED-Ed 11.3M subscribers Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorr... (2020)


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Make the World Greta Again (Full Documentary)

Upon realizing her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped... (2019)


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Sargassum explained by George Buckley, Harvard University Extinction School

Here are the causes of Sargassum bloom and what we need to do. What we are looki... Lockerbie College Published on Mar 24, 2019 Bonaire Vision... (2019)


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PBS - Episode 902: Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions

For the past two decades, the residents of Martin county and the surrounding areas have been faced with a silent curse. A guacamole thick mat of bl... (2019)


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The true cost of fast fashion | The Economist

Millions of tonnes of clothes end up in landfill every year—it’s one of the fastest-growing categories of waste in the world. How can the fashion i... (2019)


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CNN Explains: Deforestation

CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau explains why deforestation occurs and its negative effect on the environment. (2019)


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Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic

Forests cover about 30% of the planet, but deforestation is clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation? Find out t... (2019)


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Ocean: A 360-degree tour of the mysterious, magical corals of Palau | The Economist

Palau's vibrant corals are thriving, despite some of the warmest and most acidic waters in the world. In this virtual reality experience, Lukas Isa... (2018)


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Exploring and protecting the Antarctic | The Economist

The Antarctic is one of the least explored places on the planet. For the first time ever a marine biologist has ventured to unexplored parts of the... (2018)


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The problems with rebuilding beaches - Vox

Beach nourishment is the latest chapter in a never-ending tale of erosion. About 80 to 90 percent of sandy bea... (2018)


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TEDed - What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-the-tragedy-of-the-commons-nicholas-amendolare... (2018)


Podcast

Externalities - Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin | Spotify

Listen to this episode from Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin on Spotify. How big is your backyard?Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin... (2022)


Podcast

Making old buildings resilient to climate change requires new financial tools - Marketplace

It's one thing to install new energy systems. It's another to get the money to do it. Donnel Baird, BlocPower’s founder and CEO, said retrofitti... (2020)


Podcast

Dematerialization and What It Means for the Economy — and Climate Change - Harvard Business Review (podcast)

Andrew McAfee, co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, explains how the U.S. economy is growing and actually using less and less ... (2019)


Podcast

An Investment Expert Says Florida Homeowners Should Sell Property Now As Climate Impacts Worsen | WLRN

An expert on the impact of climate change on financial markets has advice for anyone thinking of buying a home in Florida: don’t. Spencer Glendon o... (2019)


Podcast

National Sword - 99% Invisible

Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Material... (2019)


Podcast

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World? Podcast Crazy/ Genius from The Atlantic on Spotify

Climate change could be the most important problem facing humanity. To address it, scientists are thinking seriously about an idea that might sound... (2018)


Podcast

Fire and Rain -- Floods after Forest Fires || 99% Invisible

Nestled between the mountains and the ocean, right next to Santa Barbara, sits Montecito, California. The community is charming and geographically ... (2018)


Podcast

NASA Scientist Says Wind, Flooding And Rainfall Increase The Intensity Of A Hurricane | WLRN

Thousands of scientists are working on research related to climate change and extreme weather. Dr. Tim Hall is one of them. Dr. Hall is a Senior Re... (2018)


Podcast

In Miami, Combating Climate Change Street by Street | The Takeaway | WNYC Studios

In light of sea-level-rise threats, local organizations have begun to shift their missions towards resources and solutions in greater Miami that co... (2018)


Podcast

Fordlandia (Brazil)- 99% Invisible

In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped... (2018)


Book

Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier | IndieBound.org

"A surreal, lyrical work of narrative nonfiction that portrays how the largest domestic oil discovery in half a century transformed a forgotten cor... (2018)


Book

This Land Is Our Land: How We Lost the Right to Roam and How to Take It Back by Ken Ilgunas

This Land Is Our Land has 47 ratings and 11 reviews. Letitia said: A thoughtful and informative argument for the idea that Americans should have th... (2018)


Website

Surfline - international surf reports

Surfline - international surf reports (2024)


Website

Resource Library | National Geographic Education

a collection of educational resources, in a Resource Library - from the National Geographic Foundation (2019)


Website

Frontier - An advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy an initial $925M of permanent carbon removal between 2022 and 2030. It’s funded by Stripe, Alpha... (2022)


Website

Flood Factor - Find Your Home's Flood Factor

Flood Factor is a free online tool created by the nonprofit First Street Foundation that makes it easy for Americans to find their property’s past ... (2020)


Website

Changing Seas TV - PBS

Now in its 10th Season, Changing Seas is a public television series produced by WPBT2 South Florida PBS in Miami, Florida. Since 2009, the series h... (2019)


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