Articles by Senior Staff Writer Kate Yoder
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The bad news about nudges: They might be backfiring
A new study suggests that nudges, small tweaks to help us make smarter decisions, risk being seen as substitutes for larger, more effective policies.
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’ve got a blind spot as big as the planet
“We're the most powerful species on Earth, and yet we fundamentally have no idea how we survive," said Ziya Tong, author of "The Reality Bubble."
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Hate to sound like a broken record, but we just set a scary new CO2 record
The amount of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere reached a new monthly high: April’s average was 413.52 parts per million.
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‘Climate denial’ just made it into the dictionary. Wait, what?
Microplastic, omnicide, petrichor: Merriam-Webster's newest batch of environmental words.
