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The nitty gritty of measuring atmospheric CO2 involves Algerian monks and Mongolian schoolteachers, and has some pretty major real-world implications.
“There are people here paying 300, 400, 500 dollars a month. Some are paying utility bills that are as much as their mortgage.”
Museums, seeking to protect their priceless art, are on the cutting edge of climate-resilient design.
Sarah Myhre is a woman, a scientist, and a climate advocate. Are these strengths in a climate crisis?
“Now they are back at square one ... I thought that what this was what Trump’s policies were supposed to prevent?”
“I believe that man has an impact on the climate, but what’s not completely understood is what the impact is,” Wheeler said at his confirmation hearing.
The EPA chief has taken at least four trips on chartered and government flights since his confirmation, at a cost of $58,000.
Fighting pipeline construction, reaffirming commitments to the Paris accord, and suing the EPA were among many acts of defiance.
At least six major fires threaten tens of thousands of homes and have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee in recent days.
