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    looking up at blue sky and white clouds from the base of a circle of pine trees covered in snow
    ꩲTrees Form Friendships and Remember Their Experiences
    Best Bee Supply Companies
    Best Bee Supply Companies
    Sunrays Through Treetops
    🔥94% of Americans Agree This Nature-Based Superhero is Good for the Planet
    Best Urban Farming Certifications
    Best Urban Farming Certifications
    A turtle on the beach walking toward the water
    ♉Dozens of Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Released Into the Wild After Months of Rehab
    a modern building with mossy stones in front
    World's First Rewilding Center Opens in Scotland
    Medieval manuscript illustrations showing luan eclipses.
    𝐆Sky-Gazing Medieval Monks Shed Light on Volcanic Mysteries
    Lyrid Meteor Shower
    What to See in the Night Sky for April 2023
    Hand holding wilted vegetables in own garden.
    𓃲Stressed Plants Make Sounds, We Just Can't Hear Them
    The Uncanny Intelligence of Slime Mold
    Space junk around planet earth
    🐽With 100 Trillion Bits of Old Satellites Circling the Planet, Scientists Call for Action on Space Junk
    color portrait of Alaska conservationist Margaret Murie in front of Grand Tetons
    10 Women Who Changed the Way We See Nature
    A dying cypress swamp seen under stormy skies, Venice, Louisiana, USA
    ❀Why Has Coastal Louisiana Lost 1,900 Square Miles of Land Since the 1930s?
    Cherry blossoms with a bird sitting on a branch
    7 Enlightening Facts About the Spring Equinox
    Very early morning shot of Venus rising (to the left of Jupiter) over pond and Slash Pine trees with reflection in Babcock Wildlife Management Area near Punta Gorda, Florida
    What to See in the Night Sky for March 2023
    a strange glowing yellow-orange flower on the forest floor
    ꦅStrange, Ethereal 'Fairy Lantern' Presumed Extinct is Rediscovered After 30 Years
    a photo shows a woman wearing a green dress adjusting a small retro tv
    Here's a Wild Reason To Watch More TV
    Celtic Rainforest in summer, Argyll, Scotland
    ♉Tropical Rainforests Are Not the Only Rainforests Under Threat
    10 Wonders of the Solar System
    Night sky, Skagsand, Lofoten Islands, Norway
    What to See in the Night Sky for February 2023
    groundhog surrounded by dry leaves and small plants
    Secrets of the Groundhog Revealed
    eggs on a conveyor belt
    🔯New Gene-Edited Hen Could Prevent Slaughter of Billions of Male Chicks
    A green smoothie with spirulina, cocoa, and blueberries
    ⭕Algae Could Supply Sustainable Protein to a Changing World
    could this be decarbonized?
    🔜New Sublime Process Decarbonizes Cement With Low-Carbon Lime
    A wildly starry night sky over mountains
    ❀Stars Are Disappearing From Sight at an Astonishing Rate
    John Deere dealership
    💞Farmers Can Now Repair Their Own John Deere Tractors
    Best Solar-Powered Generators
    The 7 Best Solar-Powered Generators of 2023
    Person using tablet with smart home control functions at home
    What Is a Smart Home? Overview and Sustainability
    Person replacing a conventional light bulb with an energy efficient one.
    𒅌Energy Star: Overview, Certification, and Sustainability
    snowy landscape with new moon in sky
    What to See in the Night Sky for January 2023
    Filling up a vehicle with biodiesel
    What Is Biodiesel? Overview and Impacts
    Generation of energy at a biogas plant under the evening sky
    What Is Biogas? Is It Sustainable?
    A heat pump water heater installed in a basement
    What Is a Heat Pump Water Heater?
    Cattle under oak tree on misty morning
    What Is Silvopasture? Key Principles
    NASA SWOT satellite
    ꧙NASA's SWOT Mission Will Provide First Detailed Map of Earth's Surface Water
    Installing a solar panel on an RV
    The 6 Best Solar Panels for RVs
    Brazilian Araucaria plant shows fractals in nature
    9 Amazing Fractals Found in Nature
    In this aerial view, wind turbines spin at a wind park as water vapour rises from cooling towers of the Kraftwerk Lippendorf coal-fired power station on September 21, 2022 near Weissenfels, Germany.
    🍨Global Energy Crisis Triggered Renewables Momentum—Let's Keep It Going
    Microorganisms in a super-heated hot spring
    Archaea vs. Bacteria: What Are the Differences?
    Wind turbine generator on house roof
    Is a Home Wind Turbine Right for You?
    The target chamber of LLNL’s National Ignition Facility
    ܫNuclear Fusion Breakthrough Could Deliver Clean Power Too Cheap to Meter
    rsula von der Leyen (L) and the Executive director of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol (R) talk to media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on December 12, 2022 in Brussels,
    💝IEA's Strategy for Tackling EU's Gas Shortage Is Treehugger-Approved
    Old American Aluminum Plant in Washington State (now closed)
    🐻Aluminum Tariff Wars Are Hurting American Health and Finances
    solar panels covering canal in California
    ❀Los Angeles Exploring Plan to Cover Critical Aqueduct With Solar Panels
    7 Surprising Facts About Charles Darwin
    Trees cut for pellet mill
    𒉰Burning Trees for Energy Is Catastrophic for Biodiversity, Scientists Say
    coffee beans being measured out
    ౠThe Upfront Carbon of Everything From Tea to Jeans
    MONARCH BUTTERFLY.Danus plexippus
    What Is an Indicator Species? 10 Key Examples
    Germany, Berlin, Christmas market at Gendarmenmarkt in the evening
    🉐Germans Are Competing With Each Other to Save Energy
    Screen capture from the turbine tutorial
    Build This Open Source DIY Wind Turbine for $30
    Lingonberry leaves in the snow
    15 Taiga Plants That Thrive in the Boreal Forest
    Big Red Door of Truth
    ꦿTreehugger Introduces a Modern Pyramid of Energy Conservation
    leucistic albatross
    Leucism vs. Albinism in the Animal Kingdom
    Air source heat pumps in front of an apartment building
    ಞInternational Energy Agency Says Heat Pumps Are Hot
    Stora Enso battery with wood based carbon
    ☂This Battery Made Partly From Pine Trees Can Power Up EVs
    A diversity of large animals in an African grassland.
    3 Types of Biodiversity: Overview and Importance
    starry night sky in December
    What to See in the Night Sky for December 2022
    Fridge in kitchen
    The 6 Best Energy-Efficient Refrigerators of 2023
    A bunch of oil and gas producers get together at COP27
    🐠Don't Depend on COP Meetings to Get Us Off Fossil Fuels