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The first major U.S. bank to reject financing of oil drilling in the Arctic and new thermal coal projects anywhere in the world is speaking out. huffp.st/RCQYe8b
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By the time Chennai’s water crisis made global headlines and the Indian city reached “Day Zero,” Deepan’s family had gone without reliable water for months. For some people, the crisis is every day. huffp.st/9PAEDA7
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Legal experts are calling a three-year human rights investigation into 47 of the biggest fossil fuel companies a "watershed moment." huffp.st/DPg7oUu
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Legal experts are calling a three-year human rights investigation into 47 of the biggest fossil fuel companies a "watershed moment." huffp.st/8h8G9pL
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Legal experts are calling a three-year human rights investigation into 47 of the biggest fossil fuel companies a "watershed moment." huffp.st/P1KBmf5
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Plastics are out of control. From the bottom of the ocean and inside whales to our water and air, here’s where plastic has wound up in 2019. huffp.st/VJYa29s
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Those responsible for large-scale systematic environmental destruction — from presidents to fossil fuel CEOs — could find themselves on trial at The Hague if these activists succeed. huffp.st/OR6yLvP
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A woman from these remote islands founded a group of traveling doctors to bring better health care to her home huffp.st/WgfE2LP
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"People try to find things wrong with you because there’s this social media culture of performative wokeness ... It’s so toxic and it’s anxiety-provoking." huffp.st/XLX0bp4
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As the climate crisis worsens, companies are grappling with how best to protect workers' job security. huffp.st/QMoufKP
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Cars pollute, kill people and carve up communities — yet they have priority in our urban spaces. A handful of cities show that it doesn't have to be this way. huffp.st/iCL6kbG
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Several brands are boycotting Black Friday in the name of more responsible consumption. huffp.st/n6fapB1
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Meatless meat is booming, with some companies claiming they are helping to save the world. Here's a look at how these claims stack up. huffp.st/XccbOBn
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"Plastic is one of the biggest threats to the planet," says Jessica Nabongo, a travel blogger who's visited every country. huffp.st/pIJNWy4
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Many of us can't see the stars at night, and that's a big problem. Here's how cities and states are taking action. huffp.st/bkUiRQn
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Urban farming has been hailed as a social and environmental panacea, but the reality is, of course, more complicated. huffp.st/nUZRdqi
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While the U.S. has criminalized drug addiction, this country has taken a very different path and the results have been incredible. huffp.st/nbzCs4A
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This is the first country in the world to make climate change education mandatory. huffp.st/uKMavz1
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Microsoft Japan is the latest company to try giving employees a four-day week while paying them full-time wages. It turned out well. huffp.st/wwRayNi
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More than 11,000 scientists from 153 countries warn in a new report that the changing climate will cause “untold human suffering” without drastic action. huffp.st/fTkR0zp
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Would you give up flying for the environment? Thousands of Swedes have pledged to stay on the ground. huffp.st/k51z68x
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There has been almost no discussion about the massive environmental problem that Halloween candy creates. huffp.st/XttmNmp
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Loop is a waste-reducing service "by rich people, for rich people," one critic told us. Here's our review. huffp.st/UMlF1rY
“Those of us that work on the water, we need climate solutions and we need them now." — Bren Smith of huffp.st/S6vd8Gy
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The U.S. government won't take responsibility for its role in the plastic pollution crisis, but companies are starting to. huffp.st/TJY6eq8
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"Ultimately, what surveillance capitalists are trying to do is sell predictions. It’s not only to know our behavior, but it’s to predict our behavior. That’s how they make their money." huffp.st/8lJPOEz
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Coffee is an important ritual for many Americans. But few know the industry is heading for crisis. huffp.st/1xxqt1j
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The first results are in on this California city's basic income experiment. What did $500 a month mean for 125 people? huffp.st/BqAYIN1
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"Eating meat is not a sin," Jonathan Safran Foer says. "It’s not an evil thing to do, but right now it has an aspect of shoplifting to it." huffp.st/1iQu8b9
The U.S. recycles less than 10% of its plastics. Think that's bad? It's about to get worse. huffp.st/pa0R10v
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Give up sex, throw out your stuff, sleep in a bunk, pay $1,000 a month. Welcome to the housing crisis. huffp.st/XDh75TS
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We trash 12 billion tons of plastic packaging each year. Most of it goes to landfills. huffp.st/HwGG0xI
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Maybe there's still hope: We can halve emissions in the next decade if we adopt these climate solutions, scientists say. huffp.st/YZibenq
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