Articles by Staff Writer Kate Yoder
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![life ring around an isolated city]()
![life ring around an isolated city]()
Why ‘climate havens’ might be closer to home than you’d think
A refuge isn't something nature hands us, but something we have to build ourselves.
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![Photo of an excavator pouring a large volume of salt]()
![Photo of an excavator pouring a large volume of salt]()
Earth is getting extra salty, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies
Salt can contaminate aquifers, corrode pipes, and accelerate snowmelt.
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![Photo of a leaf blower blasting orange leaves into the air]()
![Photo of a leaf blower blasting orange leaves into the air]()
Hear that? It’s the sound of leaf blower bans.
As restrictions spread, neighborhoods are getting quieter — and cleaner.
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![A photo of red knobs on a gas stove.]()
![A photo of red knobs on a gas stove.]()
To obscure the risks of gas stoves, utilities borrowed from Big Tobacco’s playbook
Industry-funded research downplayed health hazards as far back as 1974, documents show.
