The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach

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People lounge at a new beach on Gansevoort peninsula on the West side of Manhattan on an unseasonably warm day in October 2023.

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There's no Christmas tree shortage this year despite Canada's record wildfire season, 2 experts say

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Noble firs are grown throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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A small group of farms in California use more water than entire cities, and it's mostly going to a single crop, according to a new report

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The Colorado River flows into Lake Mead.

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Joe Manchin enraged Democrats and climate activists, but they'll miss him when he's gone

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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 20, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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Rats could breed too quickly for NYC's successful new extermination method to keep up

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Climate change is threatening a lot of species, but rats don't seem to mind a warming world.

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Meet Brother Spirit, the Buddhist monk who doesn't believe in competition and is behind one of the great partnerships in Silicon Valley

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Brother Spirit is a monk practicing at Plum Village — a monastery in France.

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The first US commercial plant has started to pull carbon from the air. It's able to suck out 1,000 tons annually and plans to expand.

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Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is contributing to our planets warming.

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'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini has said crypto is 'totally corrupt.' Now he's launching his own token.

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Nouriel Roubini

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Beef prices hit record high as southwestern US recovers from worst dry spell in 1,200 years

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Hereford Cattle

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A rapid clean-energy transition could save 181 million years of healthy human life annually by 2050, report finds

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Poor air quality in New York City on June 7, 2023.
Poor air quality in New York City, caused by wildfires in Canada.

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