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How Engineering The Climate Could Mess With Our Food

Matt Simon

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Why Did So Many Die in Quebec’s Heat Wave?

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Warming World

In Defense Of Using “The New Normal’ to Describe Climate Change”

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Weather & Climate

Why Trump Is Blaming California’s Wildfires on Water

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Weather & Climate

To California, The Wildfires Are Tragic. To The Trump Administration, They’re Convenient.

The Commerce Department has ordered that water use be prioritized for firefighters — who say water i

Aug 9, 2018 Chris D'Angelo & Alexander C. Kaufman

Weather & Climate

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Washington Judge Just Dealt a Blow to the Youth-Led Fight Over Climate Change

But there’s still reason for hope: Another similar suit is headed to a federal court.

Rowan Walrath Aug 16, 2018

Politics

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Why Alaska might seriously consider a carbon tax

Zoya Teirstein Aug 16, 2018

ENERGY & TECH

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This 70-Year-Old Republican Mayor Wants to Prove That His Small Southern Town Can Go Green

Megan Jula May 24, 2018

This Developer Just Won a Fight to Make California a Massive Coal Exporter

Jackie Flynn Mogensen May 24, 2018

California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction

Amy Thomson May 24, 2018

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POLITICS

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Why Alaska might seriously consider a carbon tax

Zoya Teirstein Aug 16, 2018

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It’s Official: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is An Ostrich About Wildfires

Chris D'Angelo Aug 14, 2018

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Ryan Zinke Tells California How To Stop Wildfires: Cut Down Trees

Mary Papenfuss Aug 13, 2018

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Politics

Now That Scott Pruitt Is Out, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place

Rebecca Leber Apr 10, 2018

Now That Scott Pruitt Is Out, This Coal Lobbyist Will Take His Place

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Food & Health

Air Pollution Is Killing Millions Around The Globe Each Year

Erin Schumaker Jan 24, 2018

Air Pollution Is Killing Millions Around The Globe Each Year

Eduardo Melendez

Weather & Climate

Six Months After Maria, the Town Where It Made Landfall Feels Like It’s Been Forgotten

AJ Vicens Mar 16, 2018

Six Months After Maria, the Town Where It Made Landfall Feels Like It’s Been Forgotten

Warming World

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It’s Official: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Is An Ostrich About Wildfires

Chris D'Angelo Aug 14, 2018

Alex Edelman/ZUMA Wire

Ryan Zinke Tells California How To Stop Wildfires: Cut Down Trees

Mary Papenfuss Aug 13, 2018

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Why Did So Many Die in Quebec’s Heat Wave?

Malcolm Araos Aug 10, 2018

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