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What We’re Reading: Why England Gave Land Back to the Sea

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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See what stories caught our attention this week, from payments to First Nations to Californias first Black-led land trust.

What We’re Reading: An All-Female Rainforest Patrol, Crowdsourced Housing and More

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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

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See what stories have caught our attention this week, from an exploration of Britains apples to an intriguing conservation bill in the US.

What We’re Reading: Fine-Free Libraries, a New California Park and More

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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

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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

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See what caught our attention this week, from neighborhood “NatureScores” to prescribed burns.

What We’re Reading: Climate Seniors’ Victory, Surging Solar and More

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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See what caught our attention this week, from a book bans boomerang effect to climate resilience plans.

What We’re Reading: Wise Water Use, Brighter Crosswalks and More

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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

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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

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Find out what stories got our team’s wheels turning this week.

What We’re Reading: Skyscrapers Go Electric, ‘Uncropping’ Farmland and More

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You’re invited to read over our team’s shoulders in this week’s edition of our new series.

What We’re Reading: Vienna’s Housing Secrets, Alternative Travel and More

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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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