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Louisiana is drowning, quickly
One of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation's history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion over the next 50 years, so far unabated and largely unnoticed.
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Musty old weather reports may hold climate change secrets
Stop the shredders! That old weather record has a purpose.
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Can’t decide whether to go to the big climate march? This might convince you
A trailer for a new climate documentary might inspire you to make your way to the People's Climate March in New York City on Sept. 21.
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There have been 5 — yes, 5! — monster hurricanes in the eastern Pacific this year
And we're only halfway through the season.
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How can we stop the world from having too many babies? Feed more people
If we aim to slow the rocketing population graph, all the evidence points in the same direction: prosperity cuts the birth rate, which will spare the planet.
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Grow your own California mountain. Just add drought
Turns out extreme drought can move mountains, too.
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Are you there, God? It’s me, climate scientist
Scientists use handwritten letters to share their sad, sad feelings about climate change.
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Vegas tops the list of the country’s worst heat islands
On a real scorcher of a day, the mercury downtown can roar 24 degrees above the temps in the surrounding desert. Other cities are feeling the heat, too.
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Leaving Las Vegas, a city feeling the slow burn of climate change
I came for the apocalypse. I got art instead.
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How one Pacific Northwest tribe is carving out a resistance to coal — and winning
A Grist fellow visited the Lummi Nation, to find out how the tribe has been able to successfully push back (so far) against Big Coal.
