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![Pete Buttigieg speaks at a press conference at COP26.]()
![Pete Buttigieg speaks at a press conference at COP26.]()
At COP26, Pete Buttigieg makes a pitch to decarbonize American transport
The Secretary of Transportation on the U.S.'s electric vehicle future.
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![A boat parked in water behind a house on Tangier Island.]()
![A boat parked in water behind a house on Tangier Island.]()
What a tiny island in Chesapeake Bay teaches us about the costs of sea level rise
Tangier Island in Virginia could be uninhabitable by 2051.
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![Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden on on day three of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.]()
![Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden on on day three of COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.]()
Report exposes the shaky data undermining the world’s progress on climate change
As world leaders gather for COP26, an investigation from the Washington Post finds countries are seriously underreporting their emissions.
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![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
![There women using red and bule saris walk on a pavement road in india. on the background, against a pale blue sky, several wind energy mills sprout from the earth.]()
Report: The renewable future is being built on exploitation, too
Fossil fuel companies have long been criticized for violating human rights. Turns out the renewable energy industry is just as bad.
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![The lit-up front of the US Supreme Court beneath a cloudy, overcast sky]()
![The lit-up front of the US Supreme Court beneath a cloudy, overcast sky]()
The Supreme Court review that could change the EPA
What the Supreme Court’s review of the EPA’s authority over emissions from power plants really means.
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![Smoke and steam rising from piles of coal waste with smokestacks in the background]()
![Smoke and steam rising from piles of coal waste with smokestacks in the background]()
Blast from the past: Coal sends global emissions to pre-pandemic highs
CO2 emissions dropped 5 percent in 2020. Now they're roaring back.
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![The Facebook thumbs-up on a sign]()
![The Facebook thumbs-up on a sign]()
Report: Climate misinformation on Facebook viewed 1.4 million times daily
That's nearly 14 times the traffic of the site's climate science information hub.
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![A room full of people at the G20 Rome Summit]()
![A room full of people at the G20 Rome Summit]()
Ahead of COP26, the call for an international coal phase-out hits a snag
Major economies pledge to stop financing coal abroad, but not at home.
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![An electric vehicle plugged into a charging station.]()
![An electric vehicle plugged into a charging station.]()
Congress is poised to fix the most annoying thing about buying an electric car
The new EV tax credit would be $12,500 — and refundable.
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![Collage of oil company logos, the US Capitol building, Earth, and a gavel]()
![Collage of oil company logos, the US Capitol building, Earth, and a gavel]()
What climate denial? Oil executives play dumb at major congressional hearing.
Leaders from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP evaded Democrats’ questions about their companies’ history of climate disinformation.
