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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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The New York Times Fails to Name and Shame Climate Villains

What it gets right and wrong in its blockbuster story.

Rebecca Leber Aug 8, 2018

Warming World

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

The interior secretary blamed environmental groups for blocking logging on public land.

Mary Papenfuss Aug 13, 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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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

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

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

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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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