Climate Desk
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![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
![Aerial shot approaching the Ravenswood Generating Station in New York.]()
‘Monumental step backwards’: The $1 billion gas pipeline project dividing New York
Environmental groups oppose the underwater pipeline that would bring fracked gas from Pennsylvania to New York.
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![A creative and artistic representation of a paper fire in a jar with a crumpled world map and fire created from paper.]()
![A creative and artistic representation of a paper fire in a jar with a crumpled world map and fire created from paper.]()
It’s time for climate change communicators to listen to social science
Writers like David Wallace-Wells try to persuade with facts. Cognitive science suggests there's a better way.
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![President Trump signs the hat of Bruce Adams, Chairman of the San Juan County Commission, following a Presidential Proclamation shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.]()
![President Trump signs the hat of Bruce Adams, Chairman of the San Juan County Commission, following a Presidential Proclamation shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.]()
Trump’s monument review was a big old sham
House Democrats investigate the Trump administration’s “inadequate” review and rollback of protected sites in Utah.
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![A view of the sun and clouds over mountains.]()
Radical plan to artificially cool Earth’s climate could be safe, study finds
Experts worry that injecting sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere could put some regions at risk.
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![Alexandria skips school on Friday morning to strike in front of the U.N., with signs reading:]()
![Alexandria skips school on Friday morning to strike in front of the U.N., with signs reading:]()
‘We won’t stop striking’: The New York 13-year-old taking a stand over climate change
Alexandria Villasenor is among the American student activists joining the global fray and helping to organize the first nationwide strike on March 15.
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Chuck Schumer’s ready to push on climate, just not for a Green New Deal
The Senate minority leader wants the entire Democratic caucus to simply vote “present” if Mitch McConnell forces a vote on the Green New Deal.
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How the U.S. got addicted to plastics
The 1939 World’s Fair was a testament to cork’s primacy in consumer packaging. But a little-known substance called plastic was waiting in the wings.
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Why Toledo just gave legal rights to Lake Erie
In a special election this week, voters supported a controversial ballot measure giving Lake Erie the right to “exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”
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![Thousands of youth climate strikers gathered in central London on February 15.]()
![Thousands of youth climate strikers gathered in central London on February 15.]()
Youth climate strikers: ‘We are going to change the fate of humanity’
Students issue an open letter ahead of global day of action on March 15, when young people are expected to strike across 50 nations.
