Environment
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How environmentally friendly are balcony plants? | DW | 14.05.2021
From violets and pansies to kitchen herbs, the longer spring goes on in the northern hemisphere, the more diverse our options…
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Tesla’s U-turn on Bitcoin raises questions of the cryptocurrency’s stability.
Elon Musk has been a big cryptocurrency booster of late, even directing Tesla to buy $1.5 billion in Bitcoin for…
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Climate Change Is Making Big Problems Bigger
WASHINGTON — Wildfires are bigger, and starting earlier in the year. Heat waves are more frequent. Seas are warmer, and…
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A breakthrough for U.S. wind power
The Biden administration has promised to build up the offshore wind industry, and this week it began to make good…
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Germany’s more ambitious climate goals pressure industry to clean up | DW | 12.05.2021
Chastened by its highest court and harried by young climate activists, the German government has proposed one of the biggest…
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Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming | DW | 11.05.2021
Wine grower Jean-Denis Perrochet fills his tractor’s spray tank with diluted milk. That’s what he uses to get rid of…
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How Operas Are Going Green
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged day-to-day norms in the opera industry. But while addressing those challenges, some houses have found…
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Blinken Jousts With China and Russia in United Nations Meeting
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, meeting with counterparts from both China and Russia on Friday, said that the United…
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45,000 Apply for the Chance to Kill 12 Bison in Grand Canyon National Park
Park officials say the bison have altered vegetation patterns, damaged archaeologically valuable sites and even threatened the water supply for…
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Climate crisis: CO2 offsetting ‘only 2nd-best solution’ | DW | 07.05.2021
As the pressure to cut our carbon emissions grows, offsetting schemes are being touted as one option enabling us to continue…
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Merkel pushes for carbon pricing ‘worldwide’ at final climate conference | DW | 06.05.2021
Germany’s Angela Merkel, in her last climate summit as chancellor, told representatives from some 40 countries on Thursday that a…
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Pesky Condors Invade California Home
After spending the weekend away, Cinda Mickols returned to her California house on Monday and found some unexpected visitors. At…
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See Fewer People. Take Fewer Showers.
Robin Harper, an administrative assistant at a preschool in Martha’s Vineyard, grew up showering every day. “It’s what you did,”…
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Two Important Moves on Emissions
Over the past week, Congress and the Biden administration took their first concrete steps to reduce emissions of two dangerous…
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Germany: Ministers propose more ambitious climate goals | DW | 05.05.2021
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Environment Minister Svenja Schulze laid out a new legislative proposal on Wednesday to make Germany climate…
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Video: Opinion | ‘Climate Change Is Not a Subjective Thing.’ How Does the U.S. Approach to the Environment Look From Abroad?
“All right. Let’s see. I’m going to hit play.” Flint switched from water purchased from the City of Detroit to…
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Climate justice: Do pledges ignore unequal emissions? | DW | 05.05.2021
When Joe Biden boasted to world leaders last month that the US would halve its greenhouse emissions by 2030 from…
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Deforestation in Africa: Water filters save trees in Uganda | DW | 05.05.2021
Clean water is a human right. But in Uganda, children die every year from diarrhea caused by diseases contracted through polluted…
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Buying an Electric Vehicle? Here Is Some Advice.
Buying used could be a cheaper way to get an electric vehicle, though evaluate the car you are buying carefully,…
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Why California Is Planning to Ban Fracking
Good morning. A little more than a week ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that not only would California effectively ban…
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