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The pandemic’s effect on emissions was ‘just a tiny blip’
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
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![US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, during the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in April 2016.]()
![US Secretary of State John Kerry holds his granddaughter, Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson, during the signature ceremony for the Paris Agreement at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in April 2016.]()
Biden’s latest appointment, John Kerry, signals how the new administration will handle the climate crisis
Joe Biden names John Kerry to a cabinet-level post focused on climate.
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These rare seeds escaped Syria’s war — to help feed the world
Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.
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Count on Biden to restore the national monuments Trump trashed
The president-elect has vowed to not only reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of protected sites, but designate new ones.
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The first step to bridging the urban ‘canopy gap’? Counting and mapping trees.
A new project uses "tree equity" to promote environmental justice.
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Greentrolling: A ‘maniacal plan’ to bring down Big Oil
Corporate B.S. meets its match.
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When temperatures soar, dog ticks turn to human flesh
A new study shows Brown Dog ticks bite humans on hot days. Here's why that sucks.
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The second-hottest city in the US declared a climate emergency. Here’s what comes next.
Tucson, Arizona, is putting climate justice at the center of its plans.
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Trump gutted environmental protections. How quickly can Biden restore them?
Here’s what the president-elect could do to reverse his predecessor's anti-regulatory rampage.
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Yale pledged carbon neutrality by 2050. Students say that’s too late.
A student-led campaign says the university has a moral obligation to decarbonize by 2030.
