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Why it’s easy to forget about the climate, even for David Roberts
Here are David Roberts' thoughts on the state of the climate, negative news, and his beard.
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What’s the greenest option for painting a fence?
A reader is on the fence about paint vs. stain. Umbra offers a quick primer.
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To make our cities green, we have to think blue
What does a "blue city" look like, anyway? For starters, take a look at Rotterdam and Wellington.
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This giant wind farm would dwarf the Hoover Dam
The $8 billion complex would send electricity from Wyoming to the city of Los Angeles, making the Hoover Dam look like a middle school science project.
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Why Rhode Island is doing oysters right
How Walrus and Carpenter Oysters is building a better food system.
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Cargill promises to stop chopping down rainforests. This is huge.
The agribusiness giant signs a pledge to stop contributing to deforestation worldwide -- if they're successful, the reductions in carbon pollution are on par with taking all the cars in the world off the road.
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Natural gas is not a good climate solution, even without methane leakage
More abundant natural gas is unlikely to cut greenhouse gas emissions much on its own, a new study finds.
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35 years of shrinking arctic ice, all in one graphic
The fingerprint of climate change is as visible here as the big letters on an eye chart.
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Watch Leonardo DiCaprio talk climate with the U.N., armed with facts & a glorious man bun
If nothing else, when the climate crisis bubbles into the mainstream, it's a great time to remember how much better-looking our side is.
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Please, people, stop using bikes to whitesplain privilege
Recent stories use bicycling as either a proxy for white privilege, or a metaphor for explaining it to other white people. It's not working.
