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French oil giant Total bids adieu to major US oil lobby. Who’s next?
Total’s exit from the American Petroleum Institute signifies a growing rift between Europe and US oil majors on climate change.
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2 Trump officials publish fake science, get their old jobs back
After publishing “nonsensical, debunked pseudoscience,” they're headed back to NOAA.
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Green groups promised a racial reckoning in 2020. Is it happening?
New diversity report finds green groups are making progress … but not as much as they should be.
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Will 2021 be the year New York finally breaks ground on its clean energy promises?
Governor Cuomo announced 2 major offshore wind projects, a training program, and manufacturing hubs in his state of the state address.
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Could the world reverse climate change but still burn all the fossil fuels? Scientists humor the idea.
It would be a wildly inefficient way of tackling climate change.
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US emissions fell by 10% last year — for the worst possible reasons
3 charts show 2020's historic drop in greenhouse gas pollution.
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US cities consider treating fossil fuels like nuclear weapons
New York City and Los Angeles might endorse a "Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty."
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Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash emissions. They failed.
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and epic battles, they all failed.
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Global heating could stabilize if countries go net-zero emissions, scientists say
Climate disaster could be curtailed within a couple of decades if net zero emissions are reached, new study shows.
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How Merrick Garland could figure into Biden’s climate plans as attorney general
Biden sees his Justice Department as a key player in his plans for climate action.
