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Chesapeake Bay report cites environmental justice disparities

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Chesapeake Bay report cites environmental justice disparities

Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in US, here’s how to stay safe

Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in US, here’s how to stay safe

Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what’s at stake

Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what’s at stake

New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

New Jersey utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

Small-brained ancient human cousins may have buried their dead, according to a surprising study

Small-brained ancient human cousins may have buried their dead, according to a surprising study

Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate

Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate

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Agenda spat at UN climate talks as top official sees chance to ask ‘difficult questions’ in Dubai

Agenda spat at UN climate talks as top official sees chance to ask ‘difficult questions’ in Dubai

DNA sucked into air filters can reveal what plants and animals are nearby

DNA sucked into air filters can reveal what plants and animals are nearby

Honeybee health blooms at federal facilities across the country

Honeybee health blooms at federal facilities across the country

A culinary lab offers astronauts a taste of the future

A culinary lab offers astronauts a taste of the future

Report: Buffalo’s snow-removal equipment, communications fell short during deadly blizzard

Report: Buffalo’s snow-removal equipment, communications fell short during deadly blizzard

First-of-its-kind Mars livestream by ESA spacecraft interrupted at times by rain on Earth

First-of-its-kind Mars livestream by ESA spacecraft interrupted at times by rain on Earth

Tropical Storm Arlene, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Arlene, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon tooth

Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon tooth

Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s words to Jupiter

Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s words to Jupiter

Boeing’s astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems

Boeing’s astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems

Brazil’s Congress weakens pro-environment ministries in a rejection of Lula

Brazil’s Congress weakens pro-environment ministries in a rejection of Lula

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years

Boeing signs alternative fuel deal with Los Angeles startup to cut carbon footprint

Boeing signs alternative fuel deal with Los Angeles startup to cut carbon footprint

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

Private flight with 2 Saudi astronauts returns from space station with Gulf of Mexico splashdown

Private flight with 2 Saudi astronauts returns from space station with Gulf of Mexico splashdown

Maryland lawsuit says 3M, DuPont knowingly made products with ‘forever chemicals’

Maryland lawsuit says 3M, DuPont knowingly made products with ‘forever chemicals’

China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030

China launches new crew for space station, with eye to putting astronauts on moon before 2030

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