Climate Desk
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![Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.]()
![Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan.]()
House Democrats just told the Pentagon to redo its climate change report
They were outraged by the first version.
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![Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]()
![Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]()
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes tech companies to task for conference promoting climate denial
She and Representative Chellie Pingree sent a letter to the companies on Monday about their sponsorship of the conference.
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![Honey Bees [Apis mellifera] at the entrance to a hive.]()
![Honey Bees [Apis mellifera] at the entrance to a hive.]()
Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone pesticide
The EPA extended its approval of the weed killer for two more years, despite scientists’ warnings.
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![Aerial view of cruise boat]()
![Aerial view of cruise boat]()
Reason No. 1,326 not to take a cruise: The air is putrid
A new study shows that air quality on cruise ships is worse than some of the world's most polluted cities
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![A view of the sun and clouds over mountains.]()
![A view of the sun and clouds over mountains.]()
For geoengineers, a scientific existential crisis
Technofixes for the climate crisis are no one’s first choice. What is it like to study something you wish would disappear?
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![Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.]()
![Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.]()
School strikes over climate change continue to snowball
Number of students skipping school in protests inspired by Greta Thunberg, 16, reaches record numbers around world
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![Plates of insects for sale in market]()
![Plates of insects for sale in market]()
If edible insects are the future, we should talk about poop
Insects are touted as a major new source of protein, but scaling up Big Cricket could mean new problems — such as what to do with all their "frass."
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![Sign and logo at the Googleplex, Google's Silicon Valley headquarters.]()
![Sign and logo at the Googleplex, Google's Silicon Valley headquarters.]()
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft sponsored a conference that promoted climate change denial
The conference was backed by a group founded to spread the “good news” about carbon emissions.
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![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
![Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pictured at a meeting in Beijing, China.]()
Former U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon just endorsed Democrats’ fight for a Green New Deal
Yet the South Korean diplomat said the United Nations should continue to “welcome” the fossil fuel industry to participate in climate talks.
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