Climate Desk
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![Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler has been confirmed by the Senate as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator.]()
![Former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler has been confirmed by the Senate as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator.]()
Andrew Wheeler confirmed as the nation’s 15th EPA administrator
The former coal lobbyist now leads the agency after the longest stint as acting chief in the agency’s four-decade history.
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![Billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah attend the 12th International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute in 2017.]()
![Billionaires Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebekah attend the 12th International Conference on Climate Change hosted by The Heartland Institute in 2017.]()
Pro-Trump billionaires continue to bankroll climate denial
New tax filings show the Mercer family gave big money to think tanks that peddle misinformation.
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![People take selfies in front of frozen fountain in New York City.]()
![People take selfies in front of frozen fountain in New York City.]()
Your weather tweets are showing your climate amnesia
A database of 2 billion tweets shows people get so used to weather extremes they might stop noticing them. That's bad for action on climate change.
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![Young activists inside Senator Mitch McConnell's office.]()
![Young activists inside Senator Mitch McConnell's office.]()
Hundreds of young protesters confront Mitch McConnell over Green New Deal
Activists condemn Republican Senate leader for ‘lining your pockets while we die in floods,’ and demand climate action.
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![A fire crew hikes past McClure Reservoir in New Mexico en route to conducting a prescribed burn]()
![A fire crew hikes past McClure Reservoir in New Mexico en route to conducting a prescribed burn]()
For a warming world, a new strategy for protecting watersheds
In the hot, dry West, water managers are learning the benefits of prescribed burns and thinning trees.
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![Twelve-year-old climate activist Haven Coleman attaches some leaves to one of her signs while protesting outside Denver City Hall.]()
![Twelve-year-old climate activist Haven Coleman attaches some leaves to one of her signs while protesting outside Denver City Hall.]()
Meet the 12-year-old activist taking politicians to task over climate change
"Why shouldn’t I try and save all you adults?"
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![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
![Six recycle bins overflowing with cardboard.]()
‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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![Physicist William Happer in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.]()
![Physicist William Happer in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.]()
Trump is considering a fervent climate denier to lead a White House panel assessing climate change risk
William Happer compares the "demonization" of carbon dioxide to the Holocaust.
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![National Park Service Logo]()
![National Park Service Logo]()
Scientist who resisted censorship of climate report lost her job
Climate change scientist Maria Caffrey led a trailblazing study outlining the risks of rising seas at national parks.
