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One researcher’s quest to quantify the environmental cost of abandoned oil wells
Unplugged wells could be quietly leaking millions of pounds of methane in West Texas.
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This machine in Texas could suck up companies’ carbon emissions — if they pay
But will it all translate into real-life emission cuts?…
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Report: It’s time for the U.S. to research solar geoengineering
We might never do solar geoengineering. But government science advisers say studying it is better than flying blind.
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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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Students find obscure law that could make university fossil fuel investments illegal
A new legal strategy could force Harvard’s hand.
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The ‘army of environmental super voters’ is growing, and marching on city hall
The Environmental Voter Project, which has contacted nearly 6.2 million voters since 2015, is expanding into five new states.
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Seaweed: A planet-saving, anti-burping drug for cows
New study: Sprinkling red seaweed in cattle feed slashes methane burps.
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A border tax could clean up international emissions — or spark a trade war
Why the Biden administration is considering a climate tariff.
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‘There’s no alternative’: Louisiana’s ambitious plan to stay above water
Louisiana has a $1.5 billion plan to slow sea-level rise and BP is paying for it.
