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Democrats flipped the Senate. So why is a Green New Deal still unlikely?
Can Biden accomplish his climate goals with a razor-thin majority?
By Zoya Teirstein and Shannon Osaka
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Will states use the Capitol riot to crack down on pipeline protests?
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2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal?
2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back
No Man's Land
An attack on the Capitol shattered the myth of public lands
thought experiment
Could the world reverse climate change but still burn all the fossil fuels? Scientists humor the idea.
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A Lost Decade
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash emissions. They failed.
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a second wind
Today's wind turbine blades could become tomorrow's bridges
keep it in the ground
US cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons
Big Batteries
In boost for renewables, grid-scale battery storage is on the rise
Cover Story
In the shadow of Amazon, resistance takes root in San Bernardino
cli-fi
Introducing Imagine 2200: Our new cli-fi contest
thinking back
Nostalgia Week
Cli-Fi
We’re stepping into the world of fiction. Come join us.
The Beacon Newsletter
The city that never sleeps on clean energy
Des Moines passed a resolution to be powered by 100 percent, 24/7 clean energy by 2035.
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Down With Digital
2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal?
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Ask your questions about life during climate change
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renew-a-ville
How 100% clean energy could power our cities and towns
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hindsight 2020
How did we get here? Four years of climate change in eight minutes
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the fast and the spurious
A 1930s city planning rule has drivers setting their own speed limits
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The cutting pledge
Companies say they are going net-zero. Can we trust them?
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2020 Vision
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indigenous representation
A record 6 Native Americans were elected to Congress. Here’s where they stand on climate.
just transition
Here’s what it will take for Biden and Harris to deliver on environmental justice
climate control
Biden won the election. Now can he save the planet?
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make the cut
Global heating could stabilize if countries go net-zero emissions, scientists say
Big Batteries
In boost for renewables, grid-scale battery storage is on the rise
Making History
‘I’ll be fierce for all of us’: Deb Haaland on climate, Native rights, and Biden
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cli-fi
Introducing Imagine 2200: Our new cli-fi contest
#landback
What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the climate?
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capitol offense
Will states use the Capitol riot to crack down on pipeline protests?
a political trifecta
Democrats flipped the Senate. So why is a Green New Deal still unlikely?
Temperature Check
Listen: Access to public lands, running, and resolutions
Down With Digital
2021 is already giving me emotional whiplash. How do I deal?
Merchants of Doubt
2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back
Still waiting
Green groups promised a racial reckoning in 2020. Is it happening?
VOICES
America’s ‘climate forest’ is under attack. Biden can protect it.
building an empire (state)
Will 2021 be the year New York finally breaks ground on its clean energy promises?
thought experiment
Could the world reverse climate change but still burn all the fossil fuels? Scientists humor the idea.
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