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Why electric cars are cheaper if you’re rich
What is the true cost of electric vehicles? If you can afford the up-front costs, you might just be surprised.
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2 years after passing a landmark climate law, New York has no plan to fund it
Governor Cuomo just approved the largest budget in New York history — and it has virtually no new funding to help meet the state's emissions goals.
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After a decade of failures, Washington state passes a cap on carbon emissions
So maybe carbon pricing isn't dead after all.
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Why renewable electricity powers decarbonization — and pays off
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.
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AOC’s plan for a 1.5 million-strong Civilian Climate Corps, explained
A new bill would bring back FDR's famous New Deal program — with a few big changes.
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‘The world is getting scarier’: How climate change multiplies risk
Michele Wucker's new book analyzes how the world wrestles with uncertainty.
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The new vocabulary of climate change was written in Icelandic
A newly translated book connects language with our failure to act.
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Canada’s carbon tax was ruled constitutional — but still faces backlash
So far, Canada has succeeded where the U.S. has failed.
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Report: Going 100% renewable power means a lot of dirty mining
Where does all that copper, silver, and aluminum come from?
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Mardi Gras floods New Orleans in plastic beads. One scientist has a gooey fix.
New Orleans vacuumed 93,000 pounds of plastic beads out of its storm drains last year.
