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Green orgs say they care about diversity. Why won’t they act like it?
Fewer than 4 percent of green groups are sharing data on their staff makeup.
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How the U.S. accidentally raised the IQ of an entire generation
Nearly a hundred years ago, the United States solved a major public health crisis, goiter, by iodizing salt. Surprisingly, it also led to a 15-point jump in IQ.
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Trump’s exit might not be the Paris Agreement’s biggest problem
New studies show the path for avoiding disaster — and the consequences of climate change that we can't avoid.
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What do firefighting chemicals do to a forest?
If you cared purely about the ecosystem, especially in the West, you’d just let it burn.
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‘OK, boomer’: The perfect response to a generation that failed on climate
A 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker demonstrated this week that the phrase is, quite simply, a perfect climate slogan.
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Wildfire smoke is a silent killer — and climate change is making it worse
Months after wildfires, smoke exposure is causing a surge in ER visits and health problems.
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How humans kicked off the Pyrocene, a new ‘age of fire’
There’s a new name for our burning planet.
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Why New Delhi’s air is always so toxic this time of year
The stew of pollution that chokes India's capital in the fall and winter doesn’t have one single source.
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11,000 scientists say that the ‘climate emergency’ is here
“Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any great existential threat and to ‘tell it like it is.’”
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Meet the MythBuster for climate change
The economist Mark Jaccard talks climate denial, carbon taxes, and Naomi Klein.