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Interest in civil disobedience has reached a mini climate tipping point
Non-violent protest for the planet? “Definitely,” say 5 percent of Americans in Yale study.
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Divestment campaigns — and reinvestment efforts — gain strength as climate change intensifies
The global motion to sell off fossil fuel assets has picked up major speed this year.
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Executive Reaction
Biden vowed to undo Trump’s toxic legacy. We’re tracking his progress.
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Why renters are uniquely vulnerable to climate disasters
The U.S. housing market is tight — and 40 percent of rental units are in the path of disaster.
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How NYC’s public housing authority plans to transform the market for clean heat
Electrifying apartment buildings is tough. A new heat pump design could make it easier.
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Why doesn’t every big box store have rooftop solar?
Superstore roofs span billions of square feet. Covering them in solar panels could power nearly 8 million homes.
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Want to heal the planet? Stop ignoring Indigenous science.
A Q&A with Jessica Hernandez, a Maya Ch’orti and Binnizá-Zapotec environmental scientist.
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Abandoned oil well counts are exploding — now that there’s money on the table
$4.7 billion released by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has states rethinking their abandoned oil well tallies.
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If Build Back Better fails, federal climate policy may depend on Republican cooperation
Democrats' climate agenda actually contains a lot of the kinds of climate policies Republicans say they support.
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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.
They say the technology poses an “unacceptable risk.”
