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climate crisis

smokestacks and red sky

Supreme Court rules against EPA’s power to fight climate change

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

Historical newspaper coverage of the Scopes trial

American children deserve to be educated about the climate crisis

By John Morales | Climate Change

drivers and bikers make their way through flooded streets in Hanoi, Vietnam

Many coastal cities are sinking even faster than sea levels are rising

By Michael Allen | Climate Change

young climate activists at cop25

Russia seeks to revoke citizenship from anti-war climate activist

By Andrew Roth | Climate Change

a sliver of river reflecting the sunset surrounded by shadow

The Rio Grande in crisis

By Jim Robbins | Climate Change

Food giants can help put alternative meats on everyone’s table

By Emma Ignaszewski | Climate Change, Opinion

solar panels on homes

Battle over solar power in the Golden State

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

illustration bitcoin in the dirt

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

conifers and mist

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

By Raymond Pierrehumbert | 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

Drax wood-fired power plant

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

By Stefan Koester | Climate Change