Climate Desk
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How can a climate debate be good TV? Ask the writer of Emmy-winning shows
"They need a showrunner ... a good writer can make anything interesting."
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Meet the guy swimming through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ben Lecomte and his team are swimming through one of the most cluttered sections of the ocean in the world to raise awareness about marine plastic pollution
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Massive toxic algae blooms predicted in Lake Erie and Gulf of Mexico
The latest result of the Midwest's wet spring are showing up downstream, in the form of toxic algae growths
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Parts of New Orleans are already flooding, with the worst yet to come
What happens when you combine a Mississippi River still high from a wet spring with tropical storm rains? New Orleans is about to find out.
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Americans disapprove of Trump’s actions on climate
The Presidents giving a big speech on the environment today, which turns out to be the issue with his lowest favorability among recent poll respondents
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First major U.S. insurance company moves away from coal
“Chubb recognizes the reality of climate change and the substantial impact of human activity on our planet,” Evan G. Greenberg, the company’s chair and CEO, said in a statement.
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Stop building a spaceship to Mars and just plant some damn trees
If we filled all the extra space on the planet with trees, we could cut carbon by about 25 percent (in theory).
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The U.S. is way worse at recycling than other developed countries
"The U.S. represents just 4 percent of the world’s population, but it produces 12 percent of global municipal solid waste."
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The rural anxiety behind Oregon’s failed climate legislation
Opposition from rural residents -- and their Representatives -- prevented a cap-and-trade bill from getting through the statehouse this legislative session
