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As LA looks to rebuild from its most destructive conflagration, Colorado communities impacted by the 2021 Marshall Fire offer insights into how to rebuild with climate and wildfire in mind, and how to reduce concerns over costs and delays.

After Colorado’s most costly wildfire, hundreds of residents in Louisville—one of the communities that burned—protested in front of city hall over building codes meant to make new homes more green and sustainable, arguing they would make the rebuilding process longer and more expensive.

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

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A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

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Four decades into her crusade against Texas petrochemical plants, a retired shrimper remains determined to fight Dow, the largest chemical company in America.

The Resistance, Part 1: With an army of lawyers, an activist legend squares off against polluting industries along the Texas coast she calls home.

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

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Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds

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Researchers comparing maps of CAFOs with county-level disease data from California, Texas and Iowa found increased rates of all types of cancer, but said more research is needed to determine the cause.

People in three states living near large livestock feeding operations experience higher rates of cancer, a new analysis found.

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds

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The Extraordinary Sensory Worlds of Animals

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An interview with author Ed Yong.

Watch as Ed Yong, Pulitzer-winning science journalist and author of An Immense World, speaks with ICN executive editor Vernon Loeb about the extraordinary sensory worlds of animals, and the concept of the Umwelt, or the parts of an animal’s surroundings that it can uniquely perceive, sense and experience.

The Extraordinary Sensory Worlds of Animals

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