Read the full story at Greentech Media. Ameren Missouri’s IRP calls for 5.4 GW of renewables by 2040, but it keeps some coal and retains
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Wildfires and weather extremes: It’s not coincidence, it’s climate change
Read the full story from CBS News. Right on the heels of arguably the West Coast’s most intense heat wave in modern history comes the most ferocious
West Coast Fires: Climate, Forest Management, Lax Rules, Plenty Of Blame To Go Around
Read the full story from NPR. It’s no surprise in an already polarized country that debate over what’s causing the wildfires ravaging the West Coast
Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks
Read the full story in the New York Times. The U.S. insisted that new international guidelines on combating drug resistance omit any mention of fungicides
Rare flowers are sprouting in Cook County’s forest preserves: ‘It was like a dead zone and now it’s come alive’
Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. An almost tropical-looking pink flower in the hibiscus family grows tall at the edge of a wetland
Key findings to know from the IPBES report on Biodiversity
Read the full story from the United Nations Foundation. A new global report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) finds that 1
