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![A photograph of snow covered electric power equipment in Texas.]()
![A photograph of snow covered electric power equipment in Texas.]()
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state’s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say
Texas officials left the choice to prepare for a winter storm up to power companies.
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![AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 17, 2021: People wait in long lines at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas on February 17, 2021. Millions of Texans are still without water and electric as winter storms continue.]()
![AUSTIN, TX - FEBRUARY 17, 2021: People wait in long lines at an H-E-B grocery store in Austin, Texas on February 17, 2021. Millions of Texans are still without water and electric as winter storms continue.]()
The Texas blackouts show that even the weather is polarized now
Why Governor Abbott has it in for wind turbines and the Green New Deal.
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![Black and white photograph of an ice covered, closed highway in Houston, Texas.]()
![Black and white photograph of an ice covered, closed highway in Houston, Texas.]()
The crisis in Texas underscores the deadly risks when the grid goes down
How to make the grid — and communities — more resilient to extreme weather.
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![A collage of an oil drum emoji, a wind turbine with a scribble on top of it, and a gas pump emoji on a blue background.]()
![A collage of an oil drum emoji, a wind turbine with a scribble on top of it, and a gas pump emoji on a blue background.]()
Oil and gas get emojis. Why not wind power?
A proposal for a wind turbine emoji got rejected and climate activists are facepalm.
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How the fossil fuel industry convinced Americans to love gas stoves
And why they’re scared we might break up with their favorite appliance.
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Do we need more scary climate change articles? Maybe.
Hope, fear, and the "Greta effect."
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Washington state has a blueprint for climate success, but its region’s future is unclear
After climate-protection drift and despair, Cascadia could be entering a new climate age.
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In a refinery’s ashes, hope for an end to decades of pollution
An old industrial site in Philadelphia is being converted into a vast e-commerce distribution center, a trend being seen in other U.S. cities.
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Ikea’s ambitious plan to make its cheap furniture last forever
To erase its massive climate footprint, Ikea needs to change how it makes its products and how you buy them.
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![A photograph of Jakar town and Dzong in Bhutan, with rays of sunlight breaking through the morning mist.]()
![A photograph of Jakar town and Dzong in Bhutan, with rays of sunlight breaking through the morning mist.]()
How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change
One single death from COVID-19, and it's carbon-negative. What's up with Bhutan?
