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What We’re Reading: Why England Gave Land Back to the Sea
See what stories caught our attention this week, from farmland restored to salt marsh to salmon thriving on an un-dammed river.
What We’re Reading: Why Didn’t Mexico City Run out of Water?
See what caught our attention this week, from remedies for a water crisis to the story behind decades-old parking regulations.
What We’re Reading: Protecting Yellowstone’s Wolves by Listening
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a new way of tracking wolves to a more rehabilitative approach to prisons.
What We’re Reading: The First Nations-Led Reclamation and Rewilding of Oil Wells
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a vast restoration effort in Canada to the end of coal in the UK.
What We’re Reading: California’s Rat Poison Restrictions Are Good News for Mountain Lions
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a new California law to protect wildlife to flood management success in Vienna.
What We’re Reading: Restoring the Cherokee Name to a Beloved Peak
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a mountain’s historic name change to the movement for spongier cities.
What We’re Reading: A Future Marine Sanctuary Teeming With Life
See what stories caught our attention this week, from progress on protected waters to a record Columbia River sockeye run.
What We’re Reading: Consider the Fickle, Delicious, Climate-Friendly Pawpaw
See what stories caught our attention this week, from the promise of a delicate fruit to a new way to protect the Great Salt Lake.
What We’re Reading: Would You Ride a Bike From London to Sweden?
See what stories caught our attention this week, from zero-emission travel schemes to hotels converted into housing for the homeless.
What We’re Reading: How Philadelphia Is Preventing Evictions
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a program keeping Philadelphians in their homes to a simpler cervical cancer test.
What We’re Reading: London’s First Baby Beavers in 400 Years
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a comic about farming in Oregon to South Korea’s impressive food-waste recycling.
What We’re Reading: How Hurricanes Spurred a Clean Water Innovation in Puerto Rico
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a self-watering pot to zippy new subway systems in Europe and Asia.
What We’re Reading: How London Pioneered a Greener Olympics
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a more sustainable Olympic Games to unarmed civilian response teams replacing the police.
What We’re Reading: Singapore’s Public Housing, Colorado River Dreams and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from customizable housing trends to a flood of water conservation funding.
What We’re Reading: Child-Friendly Urban Design, Centering Indigenous Voices and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from city planning in Bratislava to a new way of paying respects on US national park visits.
What We’re Reading: California’s Clean Energy, Thousand-Year-Old Trees and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from renewable abundance in the Golden State to Vancouver Island’s old-growth forests.
What We’re Reading: Bee-Friendly Legislation, Door-to-Door Care and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a pollinator protection milestone to a new take on the old-fashioned house call.
What We’re Reading: Free Money, Cleaner Lagoons and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a basic income boon in Denver to major cuts in plastic pollution in Vanuatu.
What We’re Reading: Celebrating Juneteenth, Preparing for Heat Waves and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from one city’s Juneteenth story to Black communities preparing for extreme heat.
What We’re Reading: Forgotten Air-Conditioning History, Solar’s Skyward Climb and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a bit of Texas cool-down history to why US solar is outpacing wind.
What We’re Reading: Car-Free Sundays, a Massive Wildlife Bridge and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a unique Los Angeles overpass to the tradition of Ciclovía in Bogotá.
What We’re Reading: ‘Re-Plumbing,’ Fish Passage Projects and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from drought resilience in the American West to good news for fish.
What We’re Reading: ‘Voluntary Rent,’ Outdoor Inclusivity and more
See what stories caught our attention this week, from payments to First Nations to California’s first Black-led land trust.
What We’re Reading: An All-Female Rainforest Patrol, Crowdsourced Housing and More
See what stories caught our attention this week, from an Ecuadorian patrol group to “community-owned cooperative real estate.”
What We’re Reading: Apple-Mapping, Wildlife Recovery and More
See what stories have caught our attention this week, from an exploration of Britain’s apples to an intriguing conservation bill in the US.
What We’re Reading: Fine-Free Libraries, a New California Park and More
See what stories have caught our attention — and learn what good news we’re celebrating at RTBC headquarters this week.
What We’re Reading: Waffle Gardens, Sign Language on TV and More
See what caught our attention this week, from accessible kids’ programs to sustainable Indigenous practices.
What We’re Reading: Mapping Nature Access, Fighting Wildfires and More
See what caught our attention this week, from neighborhood “NatureScores” to prescribed burns.
What We’re Reading: Climate Seniors’ Victory, Surging Solar and More
See what caught our attention this week, from a landmark climate ruling to the encouraging rise in renewable energy in the US.
What We’re Reading: Sustainable Soccer, Curbing Deforestation and More
See what caught our attention this week, from the carbon footprint of sporting events to the persistent problem of palm oil.
What We’re Reading: Eating Invasive Fish, Smart Densification and More
See what caught our attention this week, from blue catfish filets to a lesson for New York’s housing crisis.
What We’re Reading: Bike Lanes, Dam Debates and More
See what caught our attention this week, from the economics of cycling infrastructure to a contested waterway in Delaware.
What We’re Reading: Friendly Bus Drivers, Contraceptive Progress and More
See what caught our attention this week, from parents stepping up as bus drivers to biodegradable birth control implants.
What We’re Reading: Environmental Justice, Ice Skating and More
See what caught our attention this week, from cracking down on ecocide to a milestone for sports at HBCUs.
What We’re Reading: Ancient Crops, Caribbean Regreening and More
See what caught our attention this week, from hardy grains in Scotland to reforestation in the Dominican Republic.
What We’re Reading: Scrappy Bookstores, Landscapes of Hope and More
See what caught our attention this week, from a book ban’s boomerang effect to climate resilience plans.
What We’re Reading: Wise Water Use, Brighter Crosswalks and More
Peek behind the curtain at what our team is reading and discussing this week.
What We’re Reading: Pedestrian-Friendly Paris, Hungry Otters and More
Eavesdrop on our team’s ongoing conversation about solutions stories in the news.
What We’re Reading: ‘Living Room’ Libraries, Medical Debt Relief and More
Find out what stories got our team’s wheels turning this week.
What We’re Reading: Vienna’s Housing Secrets, Alternative Travel and More
In the latest edition of our new series, we offer a glimpse at what our team is reading and thinking about this week.
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