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Arctic fires released more carbon in two months than Scandinavia will all year
In June and July, Arctic fires released 204 megatons of carbon dioxide, eclipsing the annual emissions of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland combined.
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Which states are making the most progress on emissions? Not the ones you think.
41 states managed to cut their carbon emissions between 2005 and 2017, even as their economies grew.
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Peatlands could become a climate feedback loop we definitely don’t want to trigger
A new experiment provides a window into the future of peatlands, the world's largest natural carbon store.
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This ‘solution’ to the plastic crisis is really just another way to burn fossil fuels
A new report says that "chemical recycling" isn’t recycling at all.
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Trump is emboldening other countries’ ‘bad behavior’ on the climate crisis
A U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement is damaging, but the fact no other country is leaving shows it can survive the "ultimate stress test."
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COVID-19 is complicating Seattle’s response to wildfire smoke
What happens when one public health threat compounds the risks of another?
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How many wildland firefighters have COVID-19? Some agencies won’t, or can’t, say.
“If we don’t know who is sick appropriate actions cannot be taken to stop COVID from spreading.”
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A northeast law limited carbon emissions. It also helped kids breathe.
A new study expands on the health benefits of RGGI, but more research is needed to evaluate whether they are distributed equitably.
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The surprising reasons why people ignore the facts about climate change
"If Democrats base their strategy on facts, then that’s a problem."
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The curse of ‘both-sidesism’: How climate denial skewed media coverage for 30 years
Study finds big newspapers -- including the NYT -- favored arguments against climate action.
