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![Animation: bear from California flag holding a net over smoke from smokestacks with smoke escaping net]()
![Animation: bear from California flag holding a net over smoke from smokestacks with smoke escaping net]()
How a debate over carbon capture derailed California’s landmark climate bill
The failed net-zero bill highlights some of the biggest tensions plaguing climate action around the world.
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![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Here are the crucial ingredients for decarbonizing an economy, and safeguarding a region.
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![a white house with peeling paint and loose slats stands in front of a giant field of debris -- wood, bottles, and scrap metal -- through which people are walking. Overhead, a blazing sun looks down in a clear, blue sky.]()
![a white house with peeling paint and loose slats stands in front of a giant field of debris -- wood, bottles, and scrap metal -- through which people are walking. Overhead, a blazing sun looks down in a clear, blue sky.]()
Why tornadoes are the hardest disasters to link to climate change
Some jumped to connect last week's twisters with global warming. Scientists aren't so sure.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ shows how hard it is to satirize the end of the world
The climate metaphor starts to fall apart about halfway through, but that’s when the film works best.
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![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
Nearly half of the people who ask for disaster aid don't get help. Is it discrimination?
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
Glenn Youngkin's plan to ditch a regional carbon-cutting program could hit a roadblock.
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EV chargers are coming to a highway near you
Electric utilities are banding together to build a coast-to-coast car-charging network.
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![President Joe Biden stand on a podium in front of a large solar panel.]()
![President Joe Biden stand on a podium in front of a large solar panel.]()
Biden orders federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050
The country’s largest land owner, energy consumer, and employer aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 65 percent this decade.
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Plastics, fertilizer, and synthetic rubber: Report calls out chemical industry’s use of fossil fuels
By 2030, petrochemicals could account for more than a third of growth in oil demand. Here's what governments can do about it.
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Cascadia is known for strong climate action. So why are emissions still rising?
Climate-warming pollution is rising in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030 targets.
