Climate Desk
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New NAFTA deal omits climate change, and hands oil and gas yet another win
Environmental groups loathed NAFTA for helping to outsource pollution to Mexico. The revised deal may make that worse.
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Citizens put renewable energy on this year’s ballots
Across several states, voter-driven initiatives reign in oil-and-gas development while promoting wind and solar.
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When disaster hits, solar power beats coal
“This works and the grid doesn’t.”
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Trump’s latest rule rollback makes natural gas as dirty as coal
Without emissions regulations, the "clean" fossil fuel is anything but.
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‘It’s hyped up’: Climate deniers in the path of Hurricane Florence
Scientists say global warming is behind severe storms but many who face them don’t think humans are the problem.
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Some displaced Puerto Ricans face homelessness after FEMA stops paying for hotels
Other Hurricane Maria evacuees who’ve since managed to get their own place are teetering on the brink of homelessness.
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These communities face a double threat from Hurricane Florence and property rights
Thousands of acres throughout the flooded Carolinas are heir’s property, a form of land ownership that leaves residents vulnerable to speculators.
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Jerry Brown has positioned himself as a climate change hero. Not everyone agrees.
Especially protesters at the Global Climate Action Summit.
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Trump just doubled down on a lie about Hurricane Maria’s death toll
“3,000 people did not die.”
