With Diwali Comes the Start of Air Pollution Season in New Delhi

The air quality in India’s capital ranks among the worst in the world, but experts say politics stand in the way of improving it.

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Where’s the Beef? Trump Hopes Argentina Can Help Bring Down Meat Prices.

President Trump’s plan to import red meat runs counter to his philosophy of increasing domestic production, and has angered cattle ranchers in the United States.

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Food Stamp Benefits May Run Out in November, Officials Warn

If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income people are at risk of losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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He Studied Elephant Behavior to Save Lives

Joshua Plotnik worked to prevent deadly encounters between people and elephants. Then the funding froze.

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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Means Trouble for a Vast Wilderness in Brazil

Brazilian farmers are lobbying to roll back deforestation restrictions in order to sell more soybeans to the huge Chinese market.

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To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says

Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough, the analysis found.

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Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.

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Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown

The Trump administration said over 4,000 workers would be laid off. Farmers trying to plan next year’s crops don’t have all the tools they need. Some medical services have been curtailed in Native communities.

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How to Deal With 30 to 50 Feral Hogs

Once a meme, free-ranging swine have become a real problem — one that has given rise to a wide array of potential solutions.

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Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

The United States finalized a $20 billion lifeline for Argentina that will benefit Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s allies.

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