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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Without a Global Governing Body, How Do Countries...
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Monsoon Impacts Worsen with the Rise of Extreme...
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Could Capturing Carbon Help Combat Climate Change?
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How Climate Change and Air Pollution Could Worsen...
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Mercury: The “Mad Hatter” Chemical Still Persists in...
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How Can the Chocolate Industry Be Greener and...
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What We’re Getting Wrong About Natural Resources
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The Cannabis Industry Consumes Over 1% Of Total...
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Climate Change is Harming Maple Trees, What Does...
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What Are the Pros and Cons of Solar...
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The Sweaty Penguin’s Earthquake Survival Guide
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What’s the Deal With All This Plastic Straw...
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What the Great Barrier Reef’s Collapse Would Mean...
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How Does America’s Corn Obsession Impact the Environment...
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What Is Sustainable Housing and How Do We...
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What Hurts More: A Bee Sting, Or the...
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ADHD: How Environmental Toxins Affect the Brain
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Could Nuclear Energy Be Part of a Carbon-Free...
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Tip of the Iceberg E14: Climate Change Is Linked to Sexual and Reproductive Health
The draft opinion of SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade's precedent sparks conversations connecting climate change and reproductive health.
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Tip of the Iceberg E13: Is “emergency” the right word for SoCal’s water shortage?
When climate change shows water availability in Southern CA is only getting worse, is calling it an “emergency” giving false hope of an end?
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Can the Environment Be a Unifier During Divisive Times?
Following the tumultuous 1960's, the U.S. passed a historic slate of landmark environmental laws. Could today's divided nation do the same?
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Climate Change Is Forcing Millions of People to Move
Climate migration disproportionately affects developing countries in the Global South, but is also increasingly prevalent in the U.S.
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Even the Most Dystopian Climate Activism Is Rooted in Hope
Scientists and activists seem to be living out the movie "Don't Look Up." Yet there is reason for optimism.
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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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Why Is Environmental Policy So Hard to Implement?
It's not just a lack of willpower—environmental policymakers face many procedural barriers making it really difficult for them to succeed.
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Tip of the Iceberg E2: Phasing “out” coal versus phasing “down” coal
The COP26 "Glasgow climate pact" was amended last minute to say phase DOWN coal rather than phase OUT coal. Does this word change matter?
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Tip of the Iceberg E1: COP26 was not dead on arrival
Is the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow doomed to fail, or should cynical environmentalists be giving it a chance?
