Articles by Staff Writer Kate Yoder
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![Flames emerge from a pit, with pumpjacks and a dark sky in the background.]()
![Flames emerge from a pit, with pumpjacks and a dark sky in the background.]()
Methane emissions soar to highest level ever recorded
Uncontrolled gas leaks and flaring are pushing the planet toward catastrophe.
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![collage with capitol building, earth, american coins, price stickers, smokestacks with red scribble for smoke, and red and green rectangles in background]()
True costs: How the oil industry cast climate policy as an economic burden
For 30 years, the debate has largely ignored the soaring costs of inaction.
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![A man crouching and planting a tree in a field with newly planted trees]()
![A man crouching and planting a tree in a field with newly planted trees]()
Does planting trees actually help the climate? Here’s what we know.
Trees are great at capturing warming gases, but mass-planting efforts tell a tricky story.
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Here’s the ‘energy transition’ needed to stave off climate catastrophe
And it’s not the one oil executives had in mind.
