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climate crisis

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

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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

SMR control room simulator

Are small modular reactors the solution to climate change? Some Canadians think so.

By Charles Mandel | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

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

By Patrick Greenfield | Climate Change

rainforest before and after

Just what is carbon offsetting? And how is it supposed to work?

By Fiona Harvey | Climate Change

Geoffrey Supran speech

From scientist to climate activist: Interview with Geoffrey Supran

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

electric car illustration

Electric vehicles to go from 11 million to 145 million in nine years, says IEA

By Jillian Ambrose | Climate Change

fireflies at night Elkmont North Carolina

“Like a tiny galaxy descended into the forest”—new species of firefly found

By Joanna Thompson | Climate Change