Climate Desk
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The Federal Reserve just took a major step forward on climate
The U.S. central bank is joining the financial equivalent of the Paris Agreement, becoming one of the last of its peers to do so.
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As South Africa clings to coal, a struggle for the right to breathe
Residents of the nation’s most coal-intensive region are suing to force the government to clean up choking air pollution.
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A Netflix doc wants to fix our food system with capitalism. ‘Gather’ argues that’s how it broke.
Two new films about tending the earth offer very different world views
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Are tides and waves the missing piece of the green energy puzzle?
Solar and wind are energy powerhouses until the sky is dark or the air is still. An ancient source of energy — the tides — could soon offer a predictable alternative.
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From Alaska to California, the climate is off-kilter in the West
20 pieces of evidence that the climate crisis is here — and wreaking havoc.
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Learning how to talk: What climate activists must do in the Biden era
Activists must learn how to press their case aggressively without alienating those they must work with to get things done.
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Where the Great American Outdoors Act stands now
After passing with bipartisan support in August, the conservation law hits stumbling blocks. Here’s what may happen next.
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A power company’s quiet land-buying spree could shield it from coal ash cleanup costs
Georgia Power paid top dollar to buy land from residents living near waste sites at its power plants. Environmentalists fear it’s a tactic to forestall the cleanup bill from new regulations for coal ash.
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The pandemic’s effect on emissions was ‘just a tiny blip’
To the atmosphere, this year’s “return to nature” — a silver lining for some amid a deadly virus — was virtually meaningless.
