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Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon

Grist

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. And, unfortunately for Southwesterners — who welcome the precipitation and need a break from the summer heat — the phenomenon is likely to weaken as the climate warms.

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Don’t Look Down

Grist

It’s the birthplace of American permafrost research, actually,” said Hasson, a Ph.D. Since then, temperatures in Fairbanks have shifted so much that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially changed the city’s subarctic designation in 2021, downgrading it to “warm summer continental.”

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Brooklyn startup addresses gun violence with climate jobs

Business Green

On a bright spring afternoon, a group of workers from BlocPower descend the steps behind a four-story apartment building, down into the cramped, musty basement, where the only light is a bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. They were like, 'You planning to rob a bank?' I told them, 'That's like a blueprint, man.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

I live in coastal Sonoma County, California, where Douglas firs grow faster than most other native trees, eventually shading oaks from sun and often killing them. The trees near my cabin are valley oaks, the largest of American oaks, found only in California. Forest Service was founded in 1905 with fire suppression as a key policy.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

GreenBiz

While many Native American communities have high risk factors — overcrowding, chronic medical conditions and underfunded health care systems — and the pandemic has slammed Navajo Nation in the American West, Louisiana’s tribes appear to have been spared the brunt so far. Census designates 0.8 Census designates 0.8

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. EV100 Program Manager for North America, The Climate Group; New York City. Vartan Badalian’s mother has a favorite story to prove that being born on Earth Day imbued him with an innate concern for the environment. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. GreenBiz Editors.

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This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

AGreenLiving

While many Native American communities have high risk factors — overcrowding, chronic medical conditions and underfunded health care systems — and the pandemic has slammed Navajo Nation in the American West, Louisiana’s tribes appear to have been spared the brunt so far. Census designates 0.8 Census designates 0.8