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From cradle to compost: the disruptors who want to make death greener

Startups rush to gain foothold in a burgeoning industry as New York and California move to legalize human composting...

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This is the world’s first zero-waste island. Could Australia be next?

It's not easy to get to Tilos, a tiny Greek island without an airport that's so far from Athens that phone networks think you're i...

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Death in the marshes: environmental calamity hits Iraq’s unique wetlands

Small gangs of buffaloes sat submerged in green and muddy waters. Their back ridges rose over the surface like a chain of black is...

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‘If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate

So much is happening, both wonderful and terrible – and it matters how we tell it. We can’t erase the bad news, but to ignore ...

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The obscure calculation transforming climate policy

Barring a mass Homo sapiens extinction event from, say, nuclear war or another disaster, many more billions of humans will be born...

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How an Early Oil Industry Study Became Key in Climate Lawsuits

For decades, 1960s research for the American Petroleum Institute warning of the risks of burning fossil fuels had been forgotten. ...

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In Mongolia, climate crisis threatens herding traditions

Myagmar-Ochir may be just three years old, but he already has big plans for his future. “I want to be a horseman”, he says. �...

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Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction

The story of the damage done to the world’s biodiversity is a tale of decline spanning thousands of years. Can the world seize i...

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Renewal: New Mexico tribe deploys ancient practices against drought

In a northern New Mexican town, drought is forcing changes to water and crop management. The local Indigenous community, which has...

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Can you trust the label? Fast fashion under increasing scrutiny over greenwashing

Laura McAndrews has seen and heard some things that the fashion industry wouldn't want the public to know. For many years, it was ...

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Athletes are speaking up against fossil fuel sponsorship. Why now?

In the last week, Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins, the Fremantle Dockers AFL club and the Diamonds netball team have all ma...

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To build for a warming planet, architects look to nature – and the past

Fifteen years ago, Kyle Isacksen and his wife, Katy Chandler, lived in what most people in their home city of Reno, Nevada, would ...

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