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Climate Change

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This gas would have stayed in the ground if it wasn’t for bitcoin

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

a broken part of the seawall at Gun Rock Beach damaged in the Blizzard of 1978

Why cities should ditch seawalls and let the water in

By Kristina Hill | Climate Change, Opinion

May issue: The biomass debate—Can burning trees instead of coal fight climate change?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

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Plant power: Burning biomass instead of coal can help fight climate change—but only if done right

By Raymond Pierrehumbert | Analysis, Climate Change

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Wood-burning: carbon hero or carbon villain? Q&A with forest modeling scientist Michael Ter-Mikaelian

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

clearcut in British Columbia

“Sustainable biomass”— A paper tiger when it comes to reducing carbon emissions

By Mary S. Booth | Analysis, Climate Change

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Introduction: Can we grow and burn our way out of climate change?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

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Does wood bioenergy help or harm the climate?

By John Sterman, William Moomaw, Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, Lori Siegel | Analysis, Climate Change

Drax wood-fired power plant

Burning biomass: a Drax-tic idea, and bad for environmental justice

By Stefan Koester | Climate Change

coal smoke from steel mill, China

When burning wood to generate energy makes climate sense

By Robert Abt, Christopher Galik, Justin Baker | Analysis, Climate Change

Nature-based solutions could help nations mitigate and adapt to climate change—but only if they get more funding

By Fred Pearce | Climate Change

We need to get serious about the renewable energy revolution—by including nuclear power

By Michael Edesess | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Opinion