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The key to passing climate policy? Rein in (or win over) utilities monopolies.
Investor-owned utilities — yes, IOUs — dominate the system and wield enormous political power. Only the feds can change that.
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Air pollution kills. Making that official can help us tackle it.
The U.K. set a precedent for listing toxic pollution as a cause of death. It’s the catalyst we need to hold polluters accountable.
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The key to beating fossil fuel corps? Global collaboration.
As lawsuits by U.S. cities and states mount against industry for its climate impacts, litigants need to model the strategy that brought down Big Tobacco: Share everything.
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Science — especially climate research — needs a ‘sunshine’ law
Disclosures of financial conflicts are now required in medical research, but we need them in all sciences.
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When it comes to clean cars, efficient is just as important as electric
To make the U.S. auto fleet greener, increasing fuel efficiency matters more than selling electric vehicles.
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![A caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA]()
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The case for conservation leasing
Federal rules make it illegal for environmentalists to lease oil- and gas-rich lands in order to protect them. It’s time for that to change.
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Climate change will destroy communities. Let’s help them move now.
Planned relocation will be expensive, but rebuilding in a flood or fire zone is even more so.
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Young people can do more than organize. We can also help make climate policy.
Youth climate councils give activists a way to influence the policies that their generation will be tapped to implement.
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America’s ‘climate forest’ is under attack. Biden can protect it.
Alaska’s Tongass forest was protected for nearly 20 years, then Trump reopened it for business. Now, nine Alaskan tribes and several climate orgs are calling on Biden to restore the Roadless Rule.
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Guilt at the gas pump? That’s (part of) the idea.
"Warming" labels at gas stations will help bring the shift we need away from gas-powered culture.
