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Climate hero Neil deGrasse Tyson may be a MeToo villain. What now?
After learning four women have accused Neil deGrasse Tyson of sexual misconduct, I revisited what I'd written about him in the past.
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![Senator Joe Manchin at his election day victory party in Charleston, West Virginia.]()
![Senator Joe Manchin at his election day victory party in Charleston, West Virginia.]()
Bernie Sanders is the reason why a pro-coal senator is about to take over a powerful energy post
Bernie Sanders doesn’t want the job.
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China is both the best and worst hope for clean energy
China is the world’s biggest polluter but a leader in renewable energy, making it the country to watch at this week's climate summit in Poland.
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Pantone’s color of the year might vanish from nature by 2040
Living Coral's future looks brighter in your closet than in the actual sea.
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Americans have planted so much corn that it’s changing the weather
The Corn Belt is making it rain.
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The EPA airbrushed away 6 million cars to make your gas mileage worse
Scrap mileage standards to save lives? You knew it was BS.
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That green study you shared may have been funded by fossil fuels
A philanthropy giant might have been funding green studies with offshore investments in big polluters.
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Global carbon emissions are on the rise, but don’t let that dash your hopes
New research finds that CO2 emissions will increase by 2.7 percent in 2018.
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Climate change caused the ‘Great Dying,’ aka the planet’s worst extinction
A new study in Science draws parallels between the cause of this horrific, planet-changing event and the global warming we're experiencing today.
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![Pozo Maria, a pit near Villablino in the Laciana Valley, Spain, that was recently closed.]()
![Pozo Maria, a pit near Villablino in the Laciana Valley, Spain, that was recently closed.]()
Trump wants to ramp up coal. Spain has found a way to quit it.
The country is investing $285 million to help the miners left behind — though they are skeptical about the changing economy.
