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Why California can’t fill a major gap in its climate strategy
The debate over a net-zero bill highlights some of the biggest tensions plaguing climate action around…
Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Here are the crucial ingredients for decarbonizing an economy, and safeguarding a region.
Why tornadoes are the hardest disasters to link to climate change
Some jumped to connect last week's twisters with global warming. Scientists aren't so sure.
The Biden administration said its drilling-lease spree in the Gulf was court-ordered. It wasn’t.
Leases that could lead to 600 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions didn't have to happen.
A Missouri gas company figured out how to keep its illegal pipeline running
By using 400,000 customers as leverage.
Walking America’s car-centric hellscape
Much of America isn’t built for walking. Alex Wolfe is doing it anyway.
Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
Whether it’s a cap on production or a market mechanism, it’s likely to meet industry opposition.
The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
But it might keep propping them up at home.
‘Don’t Look Up’ shows how hard it is to satirize the end of the world
The climate metaphor starts to fall apart about halfway through, but that’s when the film works…