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![Wind turbines stand against a sunset near the Gulf of Mexico.]()
![Wind turbines stand against a sunset near the Gulf of Mexico.]()
Trump has vowed to kill offshore wind energy — but it might not be easy
A giant wind farm off the Louisiana coast will be hard to derail.
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![A book cover with the words 'Overshoot' on it. Behind it is a graph going up from left to right and changing color from blue to red.]()
![A book cover with the words 'Overshoot' on it. Behind it is a graph going up from left to right and changing color from blue to red.]()
How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees
A decade after the Paris Agreement, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton trace how we've kept on with business as usual.
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![View of a cattle ranch in the Jiangsu province of China]()
![View of a cattle ranch in the Jiangsu province of China]()
The World Bank has a factory-farm climate problem
Development banks sent $2.3 billion to industrial animal agriculture last year, according to a new analysis.
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![Participants walk by an entrance of COP29, UN Climate Change Conference venue, an event held by UNFCCC in Baku Olympic Stadium.]()
![Participants walk by an entrance of COP29, UN Climate Change Conference venue, an event held by UNFCCC in Baku Olympic Stadium.]()
The question bringing COP29 to a halt: Who’s rich enough to pay for climate change?
Trillions of dollars depend on whether major emerging economies like China will have to step up climate aid.
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![An illustration of electrical towers and lines behind a green field]()
![An illustration of electrical towers and lines behind a green field]()
‘Net-zero’ banks raised $1 trillion for fossil fuel giants
Taken together, the projects being financed would produce almost seven times the annual emissions of the United States.
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![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
![Mia Amor Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, delivers a speech during the second day of the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Mottley is among several world leaders pushing for a tax on high-emitting industries like shipping and aviation.]()
Would you pay more for plane tickets to fund climate relief efforts?
At this year’s U.N. climate conference, world leaders are proposing a “global solidarity levy” on high-polluting industries.
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![Two workers hand a solar panel to another worker on the roof a house.]()
![Two workers hand a solar panel to another worker on the roof a house.]()
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA.
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![A photo of an oil refinery at sunset with a mountain in the background]()
![A photo of an oil refinery at sunset with a mountain in the background]()
An attempt to repeal Washington’s landmark climate law failed massively
"Every state legislator can now look to Washington and say, ‘This is a winning issue,’” Governor Jay Inslee said. “This is something you can defend and win big on."
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![A farmer in a field of cotton after a storm]()
![A farmer in a field of cotton after a storm]()
Helene and Milton upended a key part of the nation’s agriculture system
America depends on Southeastern agriculture. After two hurricanes and billions of dollars in damages, the US food supply chain faces an uncertain future.
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![A middle-aged man prepares to plug his electric vehicle into a public charger at a filling station on the Massachusetts Turnpike.]()
![A middle-aged man prepares to plug his electric vehicle into a public charger at a filling station on the Massachusetts Turnpike.]()
Public EV chargers are good for the planet. They’re also good for business.
Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost.
