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By Emily S. Rueb and Josh Cochran in the New York Times
3. Can carbon farming slow climate change?
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4. The 4-4 Supreme Court is changing our legal landscape.
By Dahlia Lithwick in Slate
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By Jordan Rosenfeld in Quartz
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