Climate Desk
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Climate change group scrapped by Trump reassembles to issue warning
This ex-federal research group has come forward to tell local and state governments to empower communities in order to fight climate change.
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California town declares climate emergency 4 months after state’s deadliest wildfire
Residents in the nearby town of Chico are pushing their city government to take a more proactive stance on climate-related disasters.
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Climate change drives collapse of baby corals in Great Barrier Reef
A new study shows that climate change is negatively affecting the Great Barrier Reef -- surprise! Numbers of young coral are significantly lower than in previous years, reflecting the reef's inability to recover from mass bleaching events.
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How U.S. recycling is changing now that China won’t take it
After China tightened its recycling regulations just over a year ago, local U.S. programs have struggled.
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![Protesters rally against Wells Fargo in solidarity with the people of Standing Rock in 2016.]()
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U.S. banks pledged to fund renewable energy, but they still spend way more on fossil fuels
A new study shows that in the years since the Paris climate agreement, banks have paid $1.9 trillion to finance fossil fuels.
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![David Bernhardt, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Interior Secretary, arrives before testifying during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC.]()
![David Bernhardt, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Interior Secretary, arrives before testifying during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC.]()
Congress wants to know why the incoming Interior Chief is keeping his calendar secret
David Bernhardt just prefers to update a Google doc.
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![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), listens as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.]()
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), listens as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.]()
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tears into Republicans painting Green New Deal as ‘elitist’
“Tell that to the kids in the south Bronx…tell that to the families in Flint.”
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The problem with the ‘warm’ in global warming: Most like it hot
Could our collective preference for balmy weather be lulling us into a false sense of complacency toward climate change?
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![An aerial view of homes destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.]()
![An aerial view of homes destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.]()
Report: Climate change could make insurance too expensive for most people
As wildfires, flooding, and storms get worse, the world's largest insurance firm says it will have to raise premiums.
