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![Blue and red chess pieces have fallen over in front of a power plant spewing climate pollution.]()
![Blue and red chess pieces have fallen over in front of a power plant spewing climate pollution.]()
Both parties used to love the carbon tax. So why are they giving up on it?
Both parties used to love the carbon tax. So why are they giving up on it?
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How did the 2020 wildfire season get so bad?
And what can we do about it going forward?
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![Memphis Skyline on Mississippi Riveron Mississippi River, Tennessee]()
In a cross-state aquifer spat, a view of a water-stressed future
Mississippi sued Memphis over its use of a deep aquifer. A possibly paradigm-shifting Supreme Court decision looms.
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Why some US cities are plotting a ‘green recovery’ after the pandemic
Cities like Los Angeles, Seattle and New Orleans are aiming to tackle another, longer-term emergency – the climate crisis.
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This Oregon forest was supposed to store carbon for 100 years. Now it’s on fire.
With wildfires raging, are forest carbon offsets still a safe bet?
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After Wilfred, hurricanes will start sounding like fraternities. Here’s why.
The history of hurricane naming is its own unnatural disaster.
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Meet the DIY firestarters trying to save California from itself
The case for letting (some of) California burn.
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Hurricane Sally: Hundreds rescued from floods as storm batters Alabama and Florida
Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama, battered as rooftops torn off and more than half a million lose power.
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![One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol]()
![One hundred cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the US Capitol]()
Facebook launched a new climate information hub. Here’s how activists reacted.
As you might expect, not everyone is pleased.
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The idea of a ‘natural’ disaster is going up in flames
What's so natural about wildfires and hurricanes these days?
