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Chaos in the oil sector: Not really good news for climate emissions

By Rebecca Leber | Climate Change

artist's rendering of CO2 as balloons in sky

How to explain climate change? With comic books

By Matteo Farinella | Climate Change

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Trump, coronavirus, and climate change: using a pandemic to gut the EPA

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

Man with face mask against hazy cityscape

Virus aftermath: Optimism or pessimism about its effect on climate change?

By Fred Pearce | Climate Change, Special Topics

truck driving through high water in Florida storm

Is FEMA footing the bill for others’ repeated climate-change mistakes?

By Alice C. Hill | Analysis, Climate Change

Japan waters down climate commitments, using coronavirus as an excuse

By Fiona Harvey | Climate Change

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Will the coronavirus have a lasting impact on carbon emissions?

By Amy Myers Jaffe | Climate Change

artist's rendition of Earth on fire as seen from space

Best path to net zero: Cut short-lived super-pollutants

By Mario Molina, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Durwood J. Zaelke | Climate Change

coal miner silhouettes lit by headlamps

With financial squeeze tightening, coal is collapsing faster than some predicted

By Fred Pearce | Analysis, Climate Change

Young Republicans: The new climate activists? Maybe.

By Zoya Teirstein | Climate Change

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On the New Hampshire campaign trail: What some candidates are saying about climate change. (Spoiler alert: It’s smart.)

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

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A Cold War lesson for the climate change era: Why we need a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

By Tzeporah Berman, Peter Newell, Matthew Stilwell | Climate Change