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Why California is fighting fire with fire

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As they dry up, the pines are unable to produce the sap needed to fend off bark beetles, which girdle one tree after another, turning big patches of forest canopy from green to a sickly reddish-brown. Photo by Nathanael Johnson. Photo by Nathanael Johnson. Photo by Nathanael Johnson.

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Outpaced: Wildfire control projects are burning up before they can even start

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Grist / Nathanael Johnson. Nathanael Johnson. And in this spot, beneath wide-spaced ponderosa and sugar pines, it was clear that the fire had weakened: The trees were a healthy green, and patches of unburnt grass stood among them. Grist / Nathanael Johnson. “We

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How do we fix America’s fertilizer problem? Look in this ditch.

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Nathanael Johnson / Grist. Nathanael Johnson / Grist. Grist / Nathanael Johnson. Nathanael Johnson / Grist. Nathanael Johnson / Grist. Allowing fertilizer to escape in runoff hurts people downstream: the shrimpers in Louisiana , the lakeside residents and vacationers whose waterways turn slimy green.

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Doing the Right Thing for Wind & Solar Power in USA

CleanTechnica

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2021 Climate & Clean Energy Developments By Nathanael Greene When it comes to renewable energy, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Clean power just keeps winning and winning in the marketplace.

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Make It Modular: Why Wind & Solar Are So Resilient

CleanTechnica

By Nathanael Greene Even as the tragic blackouts in Texas were unfolding, defenders of dirty fossil fuels were desperately pointing their fingers at wind power, the Green New Deal, and anyone or anything else they could come up with to deflect blame. In truth, wind and solar power were not the primary cause of the […].