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    This coyote was one of several collared by wildlife biologists monitoring their behavior in the Bay Area headlands.  Authorities are trying to catch an unusually bold coyote in the East Bay responsible for  attacks on humans.
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    Search For Coyote Continues After Several Attacks In The San Francisco Bay Area

    Feb 27, 2021
    At least five people have reported being bitten. The unusual behavior has residents worried and wildlife authorities working overtime to capture the animal.
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    Colette Pichon Battle: How Can We Prepare For The Next Hurricane Katrina?

    Feb 26, 2021
    Sea level rise will displace millions by 2100 — and the Louisiana bayous, where Colette Pichon Battle lives, may disappear entirely. She describes how we can avert the worst when disaster strikes.
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    Steve Hillyar, a volunteer firefighter in Australia's New South Wales, suffered sleepless nights and lingering sounds of smoke detectors long after the fire had been put out.
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    As Fires Worsen, A Mental Health Crisis For Those Battling Them

    Feb 26, 2021
    Wildfires are burning more frequently and intensely in a warming world, making them harder to put out. Some fire agencies are expanding support as they see increased cases of anxiety and depression.
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    Animals
    Millions of monarch butterflies arrive each year in Mexico after travelling, in some cases, thousands of miles from the United States and Canada.
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    Climate Change, Deforestation Threaten Monarch Butterfly Migration

    Feb 26, 2021
    The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% from a year earlier.
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    Energy
    A windfarm near Velva, North Dakota. Two counties in the state have enacted drastic restrictions on new wind projects in an attempt to save coal mining jobs, despite protests from landowners who'd like to rent their land to wind energy companies.
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    North Dakota Officials Block Wind Power In Effort To Save Coal

    Feb 25, 2021
    Across the country, coal plants are shutting down. Wind turbines are going up. But the transition can be rocky. In North Dakota, some officials are trying to defend coal by blocking new wind turbines.
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    Soil on hilltops in this photo is lighter in color, revealing a loss of fertile topsoil.
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    New Evidence Shows Fertile Soil Gone From Midwestern Farms

    Feb 24, 2021
    One third of the cropland in the upper Midwest has entirely lost its fertile topsoil, according to a new study. Other scientists doubt that figure, but agree that soil loss is a big problem.
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    Cities' Goal To Lower Climate Emissions Could Be Blocked By Gas Utilities

    Feb 23, 2021
    A growing number of cities want to restrict the use of gas in buildings to reduce climate emissions. But many states are now considering laws to block that with backing from the natural gas industry.
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    Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., during her Senate hearing Tuesday to be Interior Secretary. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to hold the post.
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    Interior Nominee Deb Haaland Faces Tough Questions On Climate Goals

    Feb 23, 2021
    Despite Biden's ambitious climate plan, Haaland told lawmakers the country would not abandon fossil fuels "overnight." If confirmed, she would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary.
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    Tyler Hollon, who works for a construction company in Utah, says eliminating natural gas from apartment buildings can reduce costs. Hollon's company now shares its designs and budgets with other builders. "The reason we're giving it away is to clean up t
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    As Cities Grapple With Climate Change, Gas Utilities Fight To Stay In Business

    Feb 22, 2021
    Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block local climate action and protect their business.
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    Live Updates: Winter Storms 2021
    One week after winter storms triggered boil-water notices in Texas, more than 8.7 million people are still affected. Here, a volunteer loads food and bottled water at a mass distribution site in Del Valle, Texas.
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    8.7 Million People Under Boil Water Notices In Texas

    Feb 22, 2021
    The figure is a sharp drop from the weekend – but it's still roughly comparable to the entire populations of states such as Virginia or New Jersey.
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    Environment
    A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea that affected wildlife and closed beaches in Israel.
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    Mediterranean Oil Spill Injures Wildlife, Closes Israel's Beaches

    Feb 21, 2021
    Israeli authorities are still trying to pinpoint the source of a major oil spill that has polluted much of the country's coastline with chunks of tar.
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    Live Updates: Winter Storms 2021
    Power lines near Houston on Feb. 16. Some Texas residents are facing enormous power bills after wholesale prices for electricity skyrocketed amid last week's massive grid failure.
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    After Days Of Mass Outages, Some Texas Residents Now Face Huge Electricity Bills

    Feb 21, 2021
    Texas allows companies to sell electricity at wholesale prices. When the price of electricity skyrocketed last week, that meant exorbitant bills for many residents who had been trying to save money.
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    Rob Martin, who has been fishing off his boat for the last 29 years, and his partner haul up a 150-pound end trap while ropeless lobster fishing in Cape Cod Bay in Massachusetts.
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    'Ropeless' Lobster Fishing Could Save The Whales. Could It Kill The Industry?

    Feb 21, 2021
    One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope, but there is hope in new ropeless technology.
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    Ropeless Lobster Fishing Is Good News For Endangered Whales

    Feb 19, 2021
    One of the main threats to the endangered North Atlantic right whale is lobster-fishing rope. A new ropeless technology could save both the whales and the lobster industry.
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    Live Updates: Winter Storms 2021
    President Biden speaks to the press before departing the White House for Milwaukee, Wis. on Feb. 16.
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    Biden To Authorize Broader Disaster Relief For Texas

    Feb 19, 2021
    The state has for the last week suffered through a major winter storm that left many of its residents without heat, power or potable water.
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    Environment
    Smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the sky at sunset in September near Emmet, Kan.
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    U.S. Officially Rejoins Paris Agreement On Climate Change

    Feb 19, 2021
    The United States on Friday officially rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change. The landmark 2016 accord is designed to limit global warming and avoid its potentially catastrophic impacts.
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    Environment

    How Much Is The Weather In Texas Due To Climate Change?

    Feb 18, 2021
    NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to James Marshall Shepherd, director of the atmospheric sciences program at the University of Georgia, about if climate change is responsible for the nation's violent storms.
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    Company Behind Proposed Tech City Already Owns Water Rights

    Feb 22, 2021

    A futuristic tech metropolis in the desert, co

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    Environment

    Forest Thinning To Reduce Wildfire Risk Gives Opportunity To New Startups

    Feb 16, 2021
    The country's overgrown forests need to be aggressively thinned to reduce wildfire risk. That creates massive piles of worthless brush and branches, but some businesses see a new market for them.
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    Environment

    ENCORE: Why Sea Level Rise Varies Across The World

    Feb 16, 2021
    The sea level is rising more in some coastal places than in others. But why is that? It has to do with wind, currents, glaciers and even the last Ice Age.
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    People carry groceries from a gas station on Monday in Austin, Texas. A winter storm has brought historic cold weather to the state, causing traffic delays and millions of customers to lose power.
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    Texas Governor Calls For Investigation Into Group That Manages State Power Grid

    Feb 16, 2021
    Dire warnings of price hikes are coming from electricity retailers that normally offer customers low prices based on daily wholesale rates. They are telling customers to conserve or switch providers.
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    Mental Health

    Why Firefighters Are Facing A Growing Mental Health Challenge

    Feb 16, 2021
    Climate change is fueling more destructive, harder-to-control disasters like last year's massive wildfires. The mental and emotional toll for firefighters and first responders is alarming.
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    Business

    Northwest Natural Gas Company's Plan For A Carbon Neutral Gas System

    Feb 15, 2021
    Natural gas companies face an existential threat as more governments and businesses move to tackle climate change. But a growing number have their own plans to decarbonize, by creating renewable gas.
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    Environment
    Deforested land on Indonesia's Borneo Island. Activists are using satellites to monitor deforestation, but cloud cover sometimes hides it from view.
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    Pillagers Of Tropical Forests Can't Hide Behind Clouds Anymore

    Feb 15, 2021
    Environmental watchdogs now can detect deforestation even when it's hidden from sight by rain and clouds. They're using data from radar on a European satellite.
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    National
    In Wyoming, public schools such as Pinedale's middle school, face significant cuts to their budgets due to slumping oil, gas and coal prices.
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    Facing A Reckoning, Wyoming Wrestles With A Transition From Fossil Fuels

    Feb 10, 2021
    The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.
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