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Here’s how hot your city might be by 2100
Summer in New York could feel more like Juarez, Mexico.
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It’s tine to take America’s plastic fork problem seriously
Wait, we toss out how many plastic utensils every year?
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Sunny summer skies are driving ice melt in Greenland
Without clouds to block sunlight, surface melt has accelerated.
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1,400 mayors: If Trump won’t lead on climate action, we will
The bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors passed resolutions pushing back against Trump’s policies on climate change.
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6 million people in China went a week without fossil fuels
The province of Qinghai got all of its power from wind, solar, and hydro-electricity for seven days.
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It’s time for cities to treat climate change like a public health crisis
For a starting point, look to Toronto or Vancouver.
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The Southwest is burning
Fifty-five fires have burned in Arizona and New Mexico alone.
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In Phoenix, it’s too hot for planes to take off
50 flights were canceled due to temperatures above 120 degrees.
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Great Plains wildfires used to be rare. Not anymore.
They've increased 350 percent in 30 years.
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If cities really want to fight climate change, they have to fight cars
Liberal cities have a blind spot when it comes to transportation and housing policy.