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‘It doesn’t have to be this way’: Lessons from the slow death of Louisiana’s oil industry
The Gulf Coast is bleeding oil jobs. Here’s what it tells us about a just transition.
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![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Here are the crucial ingredients for decarbonizing an economy, and safeguarding a region.
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![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
![Collage: money being dumped into a house with solar panels on it and an electric car]()
Green incentives usually help the rich. Here’s how the Build Back Better Act could change that.
The reconciliation bill could shake up the tradition of green handouts to the wealthy.
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![Solar panels on roof of white house]()
Black and Latino neighborhoods pay more for energy despite far lower emissions
A new study explores the rift between who gets energy benefits and who bears energy burdens.
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![Interior of restaurant Eleven Madison Park in New York City]()
I might have eaten the meal of the future. It cost $270 and left me hungry.
Daniel Humm is trying to change the taste of luxury at Eleven Madison Park in New York.
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Banks with $130 trillion in assets pledge to fund climate action. Activists aren’t impressed.
Some activists believe financial institutions’ most recent climate promises are just more greenwashing.
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![U.S. Treasury secretary Janet Yellen speaking]()
Top US regulators agree: Climate change is a major threat to the economy
“Our most financially stable future is our most environmentally sustainable future."
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![A canary-yellow blow-up stands in front of New York State Attorney General's office. Protestors rally around it, while two security guards watch the scene.]()
![A canary-yellow blow-up stands in front of New York State Attorney General's office. Protestors rally around it, while two security guards watch the scene.]()
How economists helped Big Oil obstruct climate action for decades
Science historian Benjamin Franta on the role economists played in the fossil fuel industry's decades-long disinformation campaign.
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Study: The rich can spur climate action — or uphold the status quo
If you make six figures, it turns out, you're a climate influencer.
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![A car sits on a flooded driveway of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Ida]()
![A car sits on a flooded driveway of a house following a night of heavy wind and rain from Hurricane Ida]()
Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change
“Climate change will impact all governments, industries, and individuals. Housing and housing finance will not be spared.”
