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The future of US forests — a major carbon sink — is ‘highly uncertain’
A new study highlights the risks of using forest-based carbon offsets to cancel out greenhouse gas emissions.
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Warming temperatures trigger earliest spring on record in parts of eastern US
Unseasonably early blooms can wreak havoc on allergies, disease vectors, and agriculture.
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From peak to plummet in 15 years: Coal continues its precipitous decline
"This is not an economic cycle that is simply going to go away. It is a real phaseout across the industry of the use of coal."
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Melting Antarctic ice may strangle vital ocean currents
Models show that currents could slow by more than 40 percent within 30 years, with potentially devastating effects on the ocean's ability to store carbon.
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![Electrical transmission lines at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California's Mojave Desert.]()
![Electrical transmission lines at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California's Mojave Desert.]()
Biden administration releases road map to scale up nuclear, hydrogen, and energy storage
The reports address key challenges and potential solutions for getting these clean energy technologies off the ground.
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![Three boys stand next to a banyan tree upended by a cyclone, giant roots exposed.]()
![Three boys stand next to a banyan tree upended by a cyclone, giant roots exposed.]()
The tiny island nation of Vanuatu just scored a big climate win
It convinced the UN to urge the world's highest court to rule on whether polluting nations must address climate change
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![Collage of children running with a view of the groundwater and bedrock below]()
![Collage of children running with a view of the groundwater and bedrock below]()
It’s not just oceans that are rising. Groundwater is, too.
As subterranean water inches higher, so do threats to air and water.
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![Solar panels and wind turbines on November 15, 2022, near Mojave, California.]()
![Solar panels and wind turbines on November 15, 2022, near Mojave, California.]()
US renewable power surged ahead of coal for the first time last year
Experts say the trend still isn’t fast enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change.
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![Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, a Republican Congressman from California, signs a resolution that would have overturned a Biden administration rule allowing retirement fund managers to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions at the U.S. Capitol on March 9, 2023. President Biden has vetoed the bill.]()
![Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, a Republican Congressman from California, signs a resolution that would have overturned a Biden administration rule allowing retirement fund managers to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions at the U.S. Capitol on March 9, 2023. President Biden has vetoed the bill.]()
What is ESG, the investment strategy under attack by Republicans?
ESG is called “woke capitalism” by the right and “greenwashing” by the left. But to most investors, it’s just common sense.
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The IPCC says we need to phase down fossil fuels, fast. Here’s how the US could do it.
A new report lists 10 policies to constrain polluting infrastructure and achieve key climate goals.
