Points of Progress -- Grafting for chocolate in Peru, and going after invasive species in New Zealand -- Progress roundup: Grafting revives cacao trees, reforms in Fiji strengthen democracy, and New Zealand commits to pest eradication on three islands.

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Points of Progress -- How to reuse exhaust from jets and store energy in sand -- Progress roundup: Dallas airport captures jet exhaust for electricity, Finland innovates with heating methods, plus rights rulings in Japan and Kenya.

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There's one rare earths mine in the US. How that might change soon. The U.S. relies on China for about 70% of its rare earth imports. New Chinese restrictions on exports of the key minerals highlight why presidents from both parties have been trying to kickstart domestic production.

11 days ago

Points of Progress - Go with the flow: How to squeeze water from fog, and why to remove a dam - Progress roundup: Small dams across the U.S. are being removed for safety, water quality, and wildlife. And a desert in Chile yields water from fog.

15 days ago

A tree grows in Altadena: LA community tries to save its fire-damaged canopy -- In a California community where wildfires displaced thousands of residents, arborists and locals are trying to save the area's unique canopy of trees.

19 days ago

Florida manatees find warmth at power plants. They may need a new solution. -- Development has cut off many springs that manatees need to survive winter. Warm water now draws them to power plants, but decarbonization means that a more fundamental – and difficult – fix may be called for.

19 days ago

Points of Progress -- The rights of animals and the environment, from Mexico to Nepal -- Progress roundup: Nepal's Supreme Court disallowed development in protected areas. And in Mexico, Congress put animal welfare in the constitution.

11 days ago

Waste not, want not? How Massachusetts became the only state to reduce food waste. -- Every year, Americans discard 92 billion pounds of food. Massachusetts is on the leading edge of states trying to capture and divert food waste.

15 days ago

Cover Story -- Virginia data centers are running out of power. Maryland farms lie in the way. -- Our reporter goes home to cover proposed high-voltage power lines in Maryland, a crucial need for expanding data centers and Americans' digital lives.

1 month ago

Points of Progress -- Low-tech and upside-down: The solutions under our feet -- Progress roundup: Fish advance science on China's space station, solar farms host sheep on the ground, and across Africa, new publishers boost writers.

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From the ashes: After wildfire, can this Olive Avenue family move forward? -- Wildfire turned vibrant Altadena to rubble. The Monitor is following what comes next on one block. How neighbors rebuild, how communities change, and how resilience appears in the aftermath of disaster. This is the first installment.

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Points of Progress -- A quiet recognition of Black soldiers in South Africa, and new rights in Ecuador -- Progress roundup: School lunch goes nationwide in Canada, overdue honor for Black soldiers in South Africa, and in Ecuador, marine life gain rights

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LA area's pets, and their owners, helped by progress in disaster response -- An increase in the integration of trained volunteers with official disaster response has helped people with pets after the Los Angeles wildfires.

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Earth's green evolution gave rise to everything from dinosaurs to dandelions -- Paleontologist Riley Black traces the cooperation among plants, animals, and ecosystems in "When the Earth Was Green."

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