The Cannabis Industry Consumes Over 1% Of Total U.S. Electricity
Most U.S. cannabis is grown in greenhouses with sophisticated climate-control systems and high-powered lights that require a lot of energy.
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How Heat and Air Pollution Affect Our Productivity
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Natural Gas Compressor Stations: Carbon Emissions Aren’t the...
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How Can Chicken Farms Reduce Their Carbon Footprints?
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How Does America’s Corn Obsession Impact the Environment...
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The Little Fire That Could
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Climate Change is Harming Maple Trees, What Does...
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Sharks Have Survived Four Mass Extinctions, But Now,...
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Fracking: What Is It and Why Is It...
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How Do We Make Wastewater Treatment Plants the...
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How Could the United Nations Environment Programme Improve?
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6 Things You Might Have Thought Are Vegan,...
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Old-Growth Forests Are Special. Why Are They Under...
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How Light Pollution Affects Our Environment and Health
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DDT: The Pesticide Behind Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”...
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Which Penguin Species Are You?
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How Do We Better Prepare for Earthquakes?
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Lawn Pesticides Aren’t All Good or All Bad
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Wearing a Blindfold and Four Other Ways Oil...
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What Is Sustainable Housing and How Do We Achieve It?
Sustainable houses can look quite normal and achieve carbon emission cuts, water conservation, and long-term cost savings.
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The Latest IPCC Report Is Full of Climate Solutions
This report found many climate solutions are viable, cost-effective, and have exciting synergies with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Resource Curse: Fact or Myth
Resource-rich nations show repetitive patterns of governmental and economic malaise. But it may be misleading to attribute a country’s problems to just one factor.
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Climate and Gas Prices: A Surprising Connection
44% of U.S. oil refining capacity is located on the Gulf Coast. Every time hurricanes hit the region, national gas prices skyrocket.
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What Caused Today’s Soaring Gas Prices?
Inflation and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are major factors, but climate change has very little to do with today's high gas prices.
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101: What Is a Feed Conversion Ratio?
Why is all meat accused of being worse for the climate than plants? The feed conversion ratio helps explain why.
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Carbon Accounting: Today’s System Just Isn’t Adding Up
As we cut carbon emissions, we must track of our progress. Carbon accounting aims to do that, but the practice is facing some growing pains.
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Tip of the Iceberg E5: Oil Companies Are Flailing
Oil companies are trying to avoid lawsuits for past malpractice. Ethan considers if deflecting is actually a good financial decision for them.
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What Are the Pros and Cons of Solar Geoengineering?
Could spraying aerosols or launching space mirrors to block out sunlight be part of a climate solution? Experts couldn't be more divided.
