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Meet the women fighting air pollution in Delhi鈥檚 slumsIn India, female construction workers are especially vulnerable to air pollution. An initiative to equip these workers with tools to monitor and report air quality has offered agency, as well as meaningful change.
First LookOff the grid: Oregon plant aims to prove renewable energy can workA tiny town in Oregon is the site of a new type of energy farm that harvests wind and solar power and stores it in massive batteries. Experts say the innovative project could power a small city.聽
The ExplainerWhat is 鈥榙ead pool鈥� and what does it mean for Colorado River?On the Colorado River, Western states鈥� water usage has exceeded sustainable levels for some time. The path to balancing supply and demand has so far eluded stakeholders, but negotiations continue.
Charting a global drought 鈥� and the world鈥檚 quest to respondDrought has created stress on water supplies and agriculture in numerous parts of the world. This adds urgency to getting better at responding.聽
Points of ProgressA boost to wildlife in Bolivia and to child welfare in NigeriaProgress roundup: From Nigeria鈥檚 drop in child marriage to wildlife populating a dangerous Bolivian road; also notes from California, Nepal, Belgium.
Rise of the climate optimists, pushing back against gloomAgainst a backdrop of dark or doom-filled outlooks regarding climate change, a rising movement seeks to emphasize hope without sugarcoating the crisis.
First LookFirst public carbon database reveals US and Russia as top emittersThe world is getting its first publicly accessible carbon database, which will track 75% of the world鈥檚 total gas, oil, and coal production. Called the Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, analysis of its data could sway international climate talks.聽
First LookNew interactive atlas is a bird watcher's virtual paradiseThe Bird Migration Explorer mapping tool, a聽new online atlas of bird migration, tracks around 450 bird species in the Americas. The past 20 years have seen a renaissance in tracking technologies by using data from birdwatchers and scientific communities.
Behind a coal mine strike: Who cares for workers in a fading industry?Coal miners have been on strike for 18 months in Alabama. Their struggle points to the wider search for a 鈥渏ust transition鈥� for an industry squeezed by energy trends and the fight against climate change.
Cover StoryTo build for a warming planet, architects look to nature 鈥� and the pastIndigenous construction methods from around the world offer ways to beat the heat from a time before air conditioning 鈥� and are coming back in vogue.
FocusYoung Evangelicals seek to save the Earth 鈥� and their churchIs it possible to participate fully in two communities often at odds with each other? For Elsa Barron, bridging the differences between Evangelicals and environmentalists takes courage.
Renewing Old Ironsides, with help from an Indiana forestWhen the U.S.S. Constitution needed renovation, a forest in Indiana was undergoing some renewal of its own. Now trees from an inland Navy base are breathing new life into 鈥淥ld Ironsides.鈥澛�
Points of ProgressNew diversity in gaming 鈥� and in Oxford dictionariesProgress roundup: a wave energy first in Australia, a new Oxford Dictionary of Black English, and the female soccer stars of a new video game.
Taller grasses, deeper roots: Texas ranchers adapt to era of extremesDrought has imposed a harsh test on Texas cattle ranchers. But some have been adapting, even before this year, in ways that make them more resilient.
Is nuclear power a green solution? Why world tilts toward 鈥榶es.鈥�Nuclear power is getting a rethink from California to Germany, as a way to reduce reliance on fossil fuels in an energy-hungry, yet warming world.聽
Cover StoryBear ambassador: Lynn Rogers advocates for human-bear coexistenceLynn Rogers has done his research on wild black bears a little differently: walking alongside them, feeding them, sleeping next to them.
Points of ProgressDignity in a home address, and the right to a healthy environmentProgress roundup: The dignity of slum residents in India receiving home addresses, final exoneration in Salem witch trials, environment as a human right, and more.聽
The ExplainerHeat. Drought. Fires. Floods. Texas grapples with a new era.Texas may not be the epicenter of political聽passion about climate change, but it is increasingly emblematic of America鈥檚 climate change experience.聽
Postcard from Minnesota: Far from drought, but is it a climate haven?While climate change may appear most severe in places affected by drought or rising seas, inland and water-rich areas feel their own pressure to adapt.
Where should reporters draw the line in covering wildfires?When covering wildfires, reporters juggle a desire to give audiences up-to-the minute information and a need to respect residents鈥� and first responders鈥� boundaries. What is the media鈥檚 responsibility in such fast-moving situations?