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As LA rebuilds after wildfires, climate activists want people to go all-electric

4:49pm April 24, 2025

by Jeff Brady

As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.

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After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors

1:30pm April 24, 2025

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.

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As LA rebuilds after wildfires, climate activists want people to go all-electric

4:24am April 24, 2025

by Jeff Brady

As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.

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Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health

5:56pm April 23, 2025

Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association.

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Environmental groups say Trump administration violated their free-speech rights

7:47am April 23, 2025

A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration violated the free-speech rights of nonprofits and municipalities that have had federal funding for climate and environmental projects frozen or cancelled.

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Meet the artists behind the U.N.'s second annual nature sounds mixtape

4:15am April 22, 2025

Thirty artists release songs with nature sounds to generate royalties for nature conservation in second annual United Nations Earth Day mixtape.

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A push for more coal has some in West Virginia worried about electricity prices

5:54pm April 21, 2025

A new push by the Trump administration for more coal production is getting mixed reviews in West Virginia, where the majority of electricity is produced by coal and expensive for many residents.

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Bats fine tune their navigation superpowers to avoid crashes

5:50pm April 21, 2025

When bats swarm out of caves in the thousands, they almost never crash into each other. Why?

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State officials concerned about growing Alabama bass population

4:22pm April 21, 2025

by Paul Garber

In some places in the Piedmont, the growth of Alabama bass populations has led to declines of smallmouth and largemouth bass.

Pope Francis Greets Swedish Teenage Environmental Activist Greta Thunberg

Pope Francis focused on climate change as the planet continued to get hotter

12:37pm April 21, 2025

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but it's not clear he changed many minds.

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