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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Alyssa Robb
It's Too Darn Hot
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December 1, 2008: In July 2006, California endured one of the worst heat waves in the state's history
Bury Carbon Forever
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December 1, 2008: Even if we, as a nation, move toward clean, renewable sources of energy, coal - still relatively cheap and abundant - is likely to be with us for many years
Raindrops on Rooftops
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May 28, 2008: It takes only one-tenth of an inch of rainfall to overwhelm New York City’s sewer system
Lord of the Dragonflies
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May 28, 2008: The Hine's emerald dragonfly, named for its brilliant green eyes, is the only species of dragonfly listed as endangered.
The Trucker's Lament
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February 29, 2008: Lorenzo Fernandez has been a truck driver at the Port of Oakland, California, for just two years, but he already has a chronic cough and an unrelenting sore throat.
Warmer Temperatures Threaten Grizzly Food
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February 29, 2008: Louisa Willcox wistfully recalls the day she and three friends were hiking in Wyoming, not far from Yellowstone, when they stumbled upon a giant whitebark pine.
Utility Pays $4.6 Billion Clean Air Tab
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December 1, 2007: Electric companies loathe it, environmentalists love it: the new source review provision of the Clean Air Act.
Winning the 20-Year Battle of the Delaware
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December 1, 2007: It was a sweltering late-summer day when Nick DiPasquale raced up the front lawn of the Delaware City nursing home where Grace Pierce-Beck lived. He had big news for the longtime environmental activist: after almost two decades, the fight that she had started against one of the world's most powerful oil companies had come to a close, and Pierce-Beck had won.
Cars in the Courtroom
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December 1, 2007: Seventeen states have adopted or are in the process of adopting rigorous auto emissions standards, based on those passed in California in 2005.
Alyssa Robb
Alyssa Rob is a staff member in NRDC's New York office, where she works with the litigation team.