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Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.
As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.
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Build Back Better is stalled, and so are Biden’s ambitious climate plans
Americans were supposed to get clean energy tax credits for Christmas. Instead they're getting another shelved climate bill.
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Did we figure out how to make good ‘climate pop’ songs in 2021?
The creep of climate anxiety onto the Top 40 has been a long time coming.
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Indigenous and environmental activists say they were illegally spied on
A lawsuit alleges the Oregon Department of Justice ran a "spy agency."
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![A woman does laundry near demolished residential buildings in Xiancun, a urban village in the Zhujiang New Town district of Guangzhou as high commercial and residential buildings rise in the distance.]()
![A woman does laundry near demolished residential buildings in Xiancun, a urban village in the Zhujiang New Town district of Guangzhou as high commercial and residential buildings rise in the distance.]()
The wealthiest people on the planet are responsible for almost half of carbon emissions
Yet climate policies disproportionally affect the middle and lower class.
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‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
The Gulf Coast is bleeding oil jobs. Here’s what it tells us about a just transition.
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Study: People of color breathe more polluted air, regardless of income
U.S. air quality has gotten better, but disparities remain
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New York City bans gas heating and stoves from new buildings
The ban will go into effect for small buildings in 2024 and large buildings in 2027.
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100 degrees in the Arctic? Climate change is destabilizing the north and south poles.
Rising temperatures prompt World Meteorological Organization to add new category to its climate extreme archives.
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How a debate over carbon capture derailed California’s landmark climate bill
The failed net-zero bill highlights some of the biggest tensions plaguing climate action around the world.
