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On Thursday morning, the Biden administration unveiled a pledge to slice the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions in…
Apr 22
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The U.S. and China are the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas polluters, together constituting some 40% of the…
Apr 21
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Climate experts and lawmakers often refer to the social cost of carbon, which is an approximate cost of the net harm…
Apr 20
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On Monday, the nation’s largest union of coal miners announced that it’s down for the shift to renewable energy as…
Apr 20
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Earth Day is swiftly approaching, and that means my inbox is full of promotional emails from clothing brands…
Apr 19
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A brave Louisiana legislator has a plan to protect poor, helpless fossil fuels by offering up his state as a safe…
Apr 19
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One of the main things Terriq Thompson remembers about Benjamin Franklin High School, where he graduated in 2019, is…
Apr 15
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Sure, they heat up the planet, but the U.S. predominantly uses fossil fuels because they continually outcompete more…
Apr 15
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Only 3% of land on Earth still qualifies as “ecologically intact,” with undisturbed habitats and healthy populations…
Apr 14
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The U.S. has a lot of work to do to draw down carbon emissions. But a new report shows that when it comes to the…
Apr 13
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People took fewer flights amid the covid-19 pandemic, which helped to lower carbon pollution from aviation by…
Apr 13
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There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out…
Apr 9
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Glaciers all over Antarctica are in trouble as ice there rapidly melts. There’s no Antarctic glacier whose fate is…
Apr 8
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After more than a year of covid-19 lockdowns, there’s—dare I say—a feeling of hope in the air. Yes, things are far…
Apr 8
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Between offshore oil and gas drilling, shipping, wind turbines, and even jet skis, the ocean is a pretty loud place.…
Apr 7
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It’s a climate cliché to say the world is on fire, but it is. Right now, wildfires are burning across the Midwest in…
Apr 6
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A federal grand jury is indicting a 22-year-old guy over accusations that he tampered with a public water system.…
Apr 6
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We use the cliched term “glacial pace” to describe something that moves really slowly. But new research shows that…
Apr 6
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Myrtle Felton has lived in St. James Parish her whole life, but it looks nothing like it did when she was young.
Apr 5
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On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency over fears that a leaking wastewater pond…