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This is how you save a river: A lawsuit, a streamkeeper and 80 tons of gravel
A college community decided a dried creek filled with wrecked cars should instead be home to salmon, trout, beavers, eagles and bears.
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Amanda Royal
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I'm for seeded watermelon
And human writing
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Hopeful headlines: Saving rivers, wetlands, sturgeon, gorillas, butterflies, puffins, bees and clean energy
Humans dam it like beavers; the environment logs court wins; sturgeon rebound on the East Coast; four gorillas make it back to the wild; a tiny…
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Amanda Royal
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May 2025

Bring on the nanosponges! Tackling toxic mining waste as trade wars heat up
As electric vehicles, batteries and solar cells use more rare earth minerals, the resulting toxic sludge can't be ignored. Plus, hopeful headlines for…
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Amanda Royal
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How cutting trees and lighting fires saved Yosemite's oldest giants
A conversation with fire historian and MacArthur Fellow Stephen Pyne, author of "The Pyrocene," about thinning old-growth forests and embracing a new…
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Amanda Royal
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Spying the right spots for right whale protection
Scientists listen for whales underwater and spy their food from space to help avoid ship strikes. Plus, Israel's vultures, Vienna's geothermal, China's…
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Amanda Royal
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Toppling the dominant narrative with solutions-based news
Climate Action Now hosts an invigorating event highlighting progress on renewables in Chile, Uruguay, Namibia, Kenya and Pakistan. Plus, a weedy median…
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Amanda Royal
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California's terrible, awesome climate policy problem
Oil refineries are shutting down in the world's fourth largest economy, which is increasingly run on electric cars, clean energy and a whole lot of…
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Amanda Royal
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April 2025

They fought to protect rivers, oceans, drinking water and wildlife — and won
Meet this year's inspirational Goldman Environmental Prize winners. Plus, hopeful headlines and an homage to Pope Francis.
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Amanda Royal
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Hopeful headlines: Canada provides refuge to very important stars; Giant tortoises help sprout endangered ebony seeds
Plus, more great renewables news, sea turtles rebound, rivers restored in the UK, Chinese porpoises increase, Mexican grey wolves on the rise, and so…
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Amanda Royal
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What I learned about poetry from a Chinese soldier
A departure from eco-news for an autobiographical note
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Lost salmon turn wild in restored stream
Plus, hopeful headlines on renewable energy, frogs, sea lions, fish, big trees and rivers from around the globe.
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Amanda Royal
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