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SMR research in lab

Can small modular reactors help mitigate climate change?

By Arjun Makhijani, M.V. Ramana | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Gila River in bloom

What happens when the nation’s most endangered river encounters megadrought?

By Jim Robbins | Climate Change

sun rising over power lines in California

Cut emissions, save 317,000 people: What a nationwide clean electricity standard could do

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

Badwater Basin Death Valley

Extreme weather no guarantee of support for climate action

By Jennifer Marlon | Climate Change

oil company sign satire

Big Oil’s lies about climate change—a climate scientist’s take

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change, Opinion

drought map of American West July 1 2021

Dying from the heat

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change, Opinion, Personal Essay

view from ocean of condo collapse in Florida

In climate change era, was Surfside collapse really an unpredictable “Black Swan” event?

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

Biden driving electric truck

The next few years will determine our collective climate future. Here’s how Biden is measuring up.

By Dan Lashof | Climate Change, Opinion

windmill in mountains

Why Bill Gates and John Kerry are wrong about climate change

By John Carey | Analysis, Climate Change

doing homework, with pie charts, reports, pens, highlighter, cell phone

Biden’s climate report card: 4 A’s, 2 B’s, 3 Incompletes

By Jeff D. Colgan, Thomas N. Hale, Scott M. Moore | Climate Change

wind turbine engineers at work

What climate change jobs will be in high demand?

By Sara Peach | Climate Change

plane about to take off at night

Carbon offsets—popular with airlines to make net zero claims—seriously flawed

By Patrick Greenfield | Climate Change