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Living Green: Wrangle the Water

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How to handle droughts and floods

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Living Green: Legislative Wins

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Tackling the climate crisis in the statehouse

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Living Green: Digital Detritus

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Living Green: What’s Your Future? (II)

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Visions for our world in 2050

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Living Green: What’s Your Future?

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Envisioning a better tomorrow, with your help

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Living Green: Follow the Money

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Who’s funding the climate crisis?

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Living Green: Big Savings Ahead

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What the Inflation Reduction Act means for you

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Living Green: Can We Save Winter?

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“If you hate change, you’re really going to hate climate change.”

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Living Green: The Wonders of Heat Pumps

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Devices can produce cleaner air, and lower bills

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Living Green: Close to Home

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

New local group: Action is the antidote to despair

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Living Green: What Schools Can Do

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Getting smart about climate change

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Living Green: Climate Justice

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford August 26, 2022August 27, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The impacts of climate change will not be borne equally

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Living Green: Re-Re-Decorating

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Getting better at repairing, reusing and repurposing

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Living Green: Climate Warriors

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

A new generation takes on climate change

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Living Green: Youth in Action

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Preparing kids to tackle the climate crisis

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Living Green: Bitcoin Waste

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The digital currency uses tremendous amounts of energy

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Living Green: The Big Waste Problem

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Too much food goes into landfills

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Living Green: Climate Anxiety

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

It’s rational to be worried

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Living Green: Cooking With Magnets

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The joy of cooking without gas

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Living Green: What Gives Me Hope for the New Year

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford January 14, 2022January 14, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Introducing the Philipstown Climate Fund

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Living Green: Batten Down the Hatches

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Introducing a new column on lowering your carbon footprint

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