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rooftop solar with batteries

A solar array on every roof, an (EV) car in every garage, and a battery in every basement

By Paul Hockenos | Analysis, Climate Change

Why the financial community should work to prevent the market and economic shocks of a nuclear incident

By David Epstein | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Insurance could become unaffordable, due to climate change

By Arthur Neslen | Analysis, Climate Change

White Cliffs of Dover

End of a carbon dioxide sink?

By Sabrina Imbler | Analysis, Climate Change

Youth school strikes across the world are just the beginning.

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis, Climate Change

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A generation gap, when it comes to climate change?

By Dana Nuccitelli | Analysis, Climate Change

Credit: King's College London.

Five theoretical challenges for analytical wargaming

By Ivanka Barzashka | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Illustration by Matt Field.

The “dirty bomb” on Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is not very accurate

By George M. Moore | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

What could happen if a Democratic president declared a national climate emergency

By Jackie Flynn Mogensen | Analysis, Climate Change

Another India-Pakistan crisis

By Pervez Hoodbhoy | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

What would Russia nuke?

By Dawn Stover | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

aerial smokestacks

New EPA chief: A coal baron’s dream

By Rebecca Leber | Analysis, Climate Change