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House Democrats demand climate be ‘centerpiece’ of 2020 presidential debates
In 2016, debate moderators did not ask a single question about the climate crisis. Dozens of lawmakers want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
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Emissions from airplanes nearly doubled in two decades
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be a hiccup in the aviation industry’s upward trajectory.
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Wildfires are getting worse. Will forests start to burn themselves out?
Scientists are racing to understand how the relationship between forests and fire is changing on a warming planet.
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How air conditioning could keep everyone cool without cooking the planet
In a hotter world, people will need more cooling. But as more cooling appliances are installed, Earth will get hotter.
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How climate change fuels California’s biggest fires
Climate change is quite literally adding fuel to the flames of California's wildfires.
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Heat kills. Why don’t we talk about it that way?
The sun is ‘glorious,’ rain is ’nasty.' Could weather bias be killing us?
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Disasters are driving a mental health crisis. The only federal program to address it is underfunded.
From climate-fueled storms to COVID-19, mounting catastrophes are sowing stress and trauma.
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What crisis? The Republican National Convention totally ignored the climate.
There's solid support for regulating CO2 within the GOP. But you wouldn't know it from the party's convention.
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A California plan for wildfires that actually matches the scale of the problem
Government agencies aim a firehose of money at wildfires.
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In Louisiana, grief surges with another storm. So does hope.
A Pelican State resident reflects on lessons learned — and actions taken — in the 15 years since Katrina changed the way we view the most vulnerable coastal communities.
