Climate Desk
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Trump is emboldening other countries’ ‘bad behavior’ on the climate crisis
A U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement is damaging, but the fact no other country is leaving shows it can survive the "ultimate stress test."
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COVID-19 is complicating Seattle’s response to wildfire smoke
What happens when one public health threat compounds the risks of another?
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Congress passes the Great American Outdoors Act, a ‘once in a generation’ conservation bill
The legislation will fix crumbling national park infrastructure and permanently support the popular Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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They spent millions to protect polluters. Then they got busted by the FBI.
The strange Ohio case offers juicy details on how corporations block environmental campaigns.
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From the lab to the field, agriculture seeks to adapt to a warming world
With the world’s food supplies at risk, researchers are turning to heat-resistant wheat, drought-resistant rice, and chickens that stay cooler.
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Trump’s deregulatory agenda has ‘exacerbated’ the COVID-19 pandemic
A new report highlights how the administration’s environmental and public health policies were a “harbinger” of the deadly coronavirus outbreak
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Global warming. Inequality. COVID-19. And Al Gore is … optimistic?
As vice president, he looked for big policy answers to hard global problems. Now he says all our crises are speeding us toward real solutions.
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Already fighting for their lands and lives, Indigenous communities in Brazil slammed by COVID-19
Indigenous leaders are speaking out about the government's neglect, calling it "an authorized genocide.”
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As the Arctic warms, the Inupiat adapt
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. In Utqiagvik, Alaska, Inupiat people say that change is a part of life.
