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Biden is canceling fossil fuel subsidies. But he can’t end them all.

A new executive order targets handouts to oil, gas, and coal.

Shannon Osaka Politics

Big Tech says it wants to solve climate change. Its lobbying dollars say otherwise.

Big Tech is losing the climate lobbying war to Big Oil.

Zoya Teirstein Politics

Alright, someone had to say it: Is it time to get rid of the internet?

Let's address the carbon footprint of our most fundamental online relationship.

Eve Andrews Technology

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and green jobs, in the State Dining Room of the White House

Everything you need to know about Biden’s climate policy spree

Environmental justice, clean energy, climate corps, and more — climate has its day in Biden's first full week on the job.

Emily Pontecorvo Science

25 states promised to stay in the Paris Agreement. Did they follow through?

When Trump left the accords, these states tried to go all in.

Shannon Osaka Science

These flashcards will help you memorize Biden’s climate team

From climate czar to the EPA, an illustrated guide to Biden’s “climate Cabinet” picks

Alexandria Herr Politics

‘A sacrifice zone’: Why did a Chicago community of color get saddled with a polluting scrapyard?

Illinois’ decision to approve the Chicago scrapyard is the target of a federal civil rights investigation.

Adam Mahoney Equity

He’s helping fishermen adapt to climate change and an economic crisis — by becoming kelp farmers

Sean Barrett’s community-supported fishing project is expanding to train fisherfolk to grow seaweed and help “make it the new kale.”

Brianna Baker Culture

In a trash-filled pandemic, low-waste businesses are taking off

Despite early fears that reusable containers could be a vector for disease, public concern over the environmental impacts of our trash hasn’t gone away.

Maddie Stone Technology

The next big climate PR campaign: abolish the filibuster

Climate groups tell Senate Democrats to abolish the filibuster to save the planet.