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Climate change could push tropical diseases to Alaska, according to a new study
Nearly a billion people could be newly at risk of tropical diseases like dengue fever and Zika thanks to expanding mosquito range.
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Cheaper electricity, dirtier air? Black communities navigate a tricky relationship with their polluters
Cheaper electricity, dirtier air? Black communities navigate a tricky relationship with polluters
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The vault holding humanity’s precious seeds is on thin ice
A seed bank heralded by scientists as a safety net for the world’s genebanks is located in what could be the fastest-melting part of the planet. Is the Doomsday Vault doomed?
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So what did California do with that $1.4 billion in cap-and-trade money?
Here's what a state can buy when it starts taxing polluters.
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![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), listens as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.]()
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), listens as Michael Cohen, former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.]()
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tears into Republicans painting Green New Deal as ‘elitist’
“Tell that to the kids in the south Bronx…tell that to the families in Flint.”
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As Houston choked on toxic fumes, Texas legislators targeted air quality programs
While Houstonians were dealing with the aftermath of a chemical fire, Republican lawmakers were looking to defund the state's air quality programs.
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Coal, oil, and natural gas demand hits record high in 2018
Last year, we took another lurching step toward planetary catastrophe.
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The Senate’s Green New Deal debacle was revealing
The Green New Deal is the only bold, fresh idea in the federal government to tackle climate change and Republicans have no serious answer to it.
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The Green New Deal lost in the Senate, but it wasn’t necessarily a fail for Democrats
Most Senate Democrats voted "present" to avoid confronting more controversial pieces of the deal.
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Tauntauns, seahorses, and lotsa babies: Mike Lee trolls the Green New Deal
The Utah senator's bizarre speech shows how broken our government is
