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2024
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The Washington Post
September 22, 2024
Under a Texas sun, agrivoltaics offer farmers a new way to make money
Solar grazing helps farmers feed their flocks while the expanding solar industry provides more clean energy to the grid.
The Washington Post
July 29, 2024
No ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare for those caught in first atomic bomb’s fallout
CommentTULAROSA, N.M. — A strong rumble woke 13-year-old Lucy Benavidez Garwood in the darkness,shaking the three-room adobe house where she and her family lived and rattling dishes in the kitchen cupboard.
The Guardian
June 6, 2024
The US government has neglected Native agriculture systems, so Indigenous communities are organizing their own food hubs
On the Hopi reservation in the high desert of northern Arizona, construction is underway. A dilapidated auto garage is being converted into a fully-equipped kitchen, food storage areas, dining room and an attached greenhouse.
Civil Eats
April 22, 2024
Seeds From Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change
In the rugged Tumacácori mountain region 45 minutes south of Tucson, the Wild Chile Botanical Area (WCBA) was established in 1999 to protect and study the chiltepin pepper—the single wild relative of hundreds of sweet and hot varieties including jalapeño,...
The Washington Post
April 22, 2024
Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the world has experienced profound ecological changes. Wildlife populations have , the result of habitat loss caused by rapid industrialization and changing temperatures.
The Guardian
February 6, 2024
‘I was thrilled and shocked’: images raise hopes of return of wild jaguars to the US
The young, muscular male approached from the east at about 4am. He paused briefly in front of the motion-sensor camera, seemingly posing for the photo.