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Why Obama’s plans to clean up coal ash barely got off the ground
Obama’s 2015 regulations of toxic waste from coal plants were historic, but they barely got off the ground.
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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.’”
