From our archives: Far-right parties are making gains in Europe, as anger over environmental policies grows.
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“People are so hungry they are stealing food,” says a farmer in Zambia, where an unprecedented drought has devastated crops.

“If we survive until the next harvest, it will be by the grace of God.”
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From our archives: Insects can furnish as much protein as livestock with as little as 1 percent of the emissions.

To slow climate change, the EU has eased regulations around bug-based food.

A photo essay captures Europe's emerging insect food industry:
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What counts as climate aid?

Analysts find rich countries are meeting their climate aid target through repurposed assistance and strings-attached loans.

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Rattlesnake roundups — snake-killing contests held in the name of public safety — are hanging on in parts of Texas and Oklahoma, despite mounting public opposition.

Each year, thousands of snakes are slaughtered.
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Leafy vegetables purchased at supermarkets have been found to contain chemicals used in car tires.

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Chronic wasting disease causes deer and elk to drool, stumble, and stare blankly in the days before they die.

Dubbed 'zombie deer disease,' experts fear it might someday spill over to humans.
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The yearly waste brine from desalination plants contains more than 17,000 tons of lithium, a key metal in EV batteries.

Researchers and startups are working to extract that lithium.
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From our archives: Ethicist Peter Singer says that science has eroded the boundaries between humans and other creatures, showing that animals can experience joy and also suffer.

Knowing this, he says, we are ethically bound to avoid causing them pain.
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U.S. oil and gas drillers have cut methane emissions by more than a third, a new report shows.

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Rattlesnake roundups are in decline owing to public outrage over the wanton killing of snakes.

“Stomping” — a contest to see how many snakes handlers can crush underfoot — no longer happens anywhere.

But in a few scattered places, roundups persist.
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Leafy vegetables purchased at supermarkets have been found to contain chemicals used in car tires.

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Chronic wasting disease, which slowly destroys the brains of deer and elk, is hard to detect, impossible to treat, and spreading across North America.

Researchers are racing to understand the illness, worried that it could someday spill over to humans.
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“If we misuse or destroy this land, we will not have any other,” says a tribal leader in the Solomon Islands.

Tribes are resisting the lure of quick cash from logging. Instead, they are selling carbon credits from their forest.
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From our archives: Restoring just 20 large mammals — bison, horses, jaguars, and others — to areas where they were lost could help heal nature and fight climate change.

Rewilding, scientists say, “should become a global imperative in the decade ahead.”
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What counts as climate aid?

Analysts find rich countries are meeting their climate aid target through repurposed assistance and strings-attached loans.

Read more Yale Environment 360: bit.ly/3x08qkB

Public outrage has ended most rattlesnake roundups — killing contests held in the name of public safety.

But in Texas and Oklahoma, roundups continue, with thousands of snakes being slaughtered.
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Scientists fear 'zombie deer disease' could someday spill over to humans.

“If we saw a spillover right now, we would be in freefall. There are no contingency plans for what to do or how to follow up.'
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Scientists have found in leafy vegetables traces of several chemicals used to prevent the aging and corrosion of car tires.

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The shift to renewables will require storing energy for hours, days, or even weeks.

To meet that demand, engineers in California plan to revamp depleted oil wells to hold solar energy in heated water underground.
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