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offshore windmill at Block Island, RI, in BW

A just transition for US workers is within reach

By Jason Walsh | Climate Change

Windmill blade and plane

Offshore wind power: Poised (finally) to take off on the East Coast?

By Jon Hurdle | Climate Change

Sheldon Whitehouse and climate activism poster in US Senate

Senator “It’s Time to Wake Up” Whitehouse drops his climate change mic

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Interviews

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Most of Texas’ energy comes from oil and gas. So why blame wind and solar for its power failures?

By Oliver Milman | Analysis, Climate Change

Gas, lighting, and the weaponization of climate solutions in the post-truth era

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists

sports car powered by ethanol

Ethanol’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air

By Tom Philpott | Climate Change

Geoengineering: What could possibly go wrong? Elizabeth Kolbert’s take, in her new book

By Shannon Osaka | Climate Change

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Climate Change: A Biden vs Trump scorecard

By Oliver Milman, Alvin Chang | Climate Change

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Biden’s executive orders on climate: A Green New Deal in disguise?

By Dana Nuccitelli | Climate Change

steel mill furnaces at work

How steelmaking may go carbon-free—by dropping its addiction to coal

By Maria Gallucci | Climate Change

bird in flight at dawn in marsh

Climate change is a crisis. But should President Biden declare a national emergency?

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

America is too often failing students on climate change

By Ann Reid, Val Benavidez | Climate Change