Melina Walling

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  • Workers hand off plants during operations at a vertical farm greenhouse in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023. Indoor farming brings growing inside in what experts sometimes call “controlled environment agriculture.” There are different methods; vertical farming involves stacking produce from floor to ceiling, often under artificial lights and with the plants growing in nutrient-enriched water. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Finance

    Walmart and Kroger are betting on a bankruptcy-hit indoor farming industry that many consider unsustainable

    By Melina Walling, Kendria LaFleur, and others
  • A security guard wearing an electric fan on his neck wipes his sweat on a hot day in Beijing, Monday, July 3, 2023. Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a brief respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Environment

    The planet probably just had its 2 hottest days ever as scientists grapple with ‘truly unreal meteorology and climate stats for the year’

    By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, and others