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Declaring a climate emergency will make clear we are not talking about an abstract future threat, but a crisis that’s already here.
As Big Oil wobbles, is now the time to remove it as an obstacle to climate action once and for all?
The New Jersey senator, son of two graduates of historically black colleges and universities, wants to invest $100 billion in the schools.
Climate gentrification threatens one of the nation’s oldest Haitian communities, but its residents are defending their neighborhood.
“These changes will happen whether we like it or not."
Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill. One giant energy company plans to avoid the cleanup costs.
Solar thermal technology might help mop up the billions of tons of carbon emissions associated with industrial heat production each year.
Evidence suggests that there is not just a moral, but a practical imperative to fight poverty.
From Boston to Miami, government officials are only beginning to grasp the enormous expense that will be required.