Biden brags about his environmental record to win young voters, but most have no idea what he's done to fight climate change

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President Joe Biden.

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No bean coffee made from things like date seeds may be in our near future

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Coffee production has several downfalls.

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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous

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A Mt. Everest cimber prepares to cross a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall
Navigating the Khumbu Icefall involves crossing ladders laid over crevasses that can be up to hundreds of feet deep.

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Meet Nancy Walton Laurie, the billionaire Walmart heiress whose $300 million yacht was spray-painted by climate activists last year

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Nancy Walton Laurie at a Cedar Lake
Nancy Walton Laurie at a Cedar Lake dancers' practice. She founded the contemporary ballet group in 2002.

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Billionaire's million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away

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Barry Sternlicht; nantucket property
Barry Sternlicht's Nantucket property experienced severe erosion, requiring the home to be demolished.

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America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

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Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.

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Cloud seeding probably didn't cause Dubai's floods. The UAE has been trying to control its weather for years, and the US does it too.

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A cloud-seeding rocket is launched in an attempt to make rain in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China.

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New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients

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Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.
Volunteers begin planting a pocket forest in Roosevelt Island's Southpoint Park on April 6, 2024.

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Miami shows how a new kind of gentrification is coming to US cities

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Miami Beach, Florida, St. Tropez Oceanfront Condominium with view.
Traditionally lower-income neighborhoods in Miami that are further inland and more elevated are seeing "climate gentrification" as higher-income people move in.

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Scientists are growing crops with salt water that could help save us from starvation

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SaliCrop team poses in branded shirts in front of a farm field
The SaliCrop team from left to right: Oron Bet Or, Carmit Oron, Ṛcā Godbole, Sharon Devir, Shimon Rachmilevitch.

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