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Collage of bar graphs; one with a wind turbine on top, one with a solar panel on top, and the third bar placed underneath a smokestack

Think climate action is expensive? Inaction could cost $178 trillion.

But zeroing out emissions could create a green Industrial Revolution, a new report says.

Kate Yoder Economics May 24, 2022

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New official tallies show 2021 was another year of record warming

As the years tick by and Earth continues to warm, scientists will continue to clock record-breaking temperatures on land and sea.

Zoya Teirstein Climate January 12, 2022

How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy

The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain.

Jake Bittle Cities October 26, 2022

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Rich countries are illegally exporting plastic trash to poor countries, data suggests

A watchdog group alleges "rampant" violations of international law.

Joseph Winters Accountability April 15, 2022

In a growing petrochemical hub, the East Palestine derailment triggers ‘an uneasy feeling’

The Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.

Eve Andrews Transportation March 1, 2023

Nature’s air sensors are growing on your street

How a group of community scientists are using a plant to take control of the air they breathe.

Jesse Nichols Science December 8, 2021

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Secret Powers

In land once claimed by Russia, a magical deer joins a young girl as she grows up and changes her land for the better.

Anya Markov Climate Fiction October 4, 2022

Smoke billows from smokestacks and a coal fired generator at a steel factory.

Coal isn’t dying yet. 2021 brought a record surge in use.

As much of the world emerged from lockdown, coal stepped in to meet energy needs.

María Paula Rubiano A. Climate & Energy December 17, 2021

Expensive private weather forecast satellite

As private weather forecasting takes off, who is left behind?

As climate change intensifies extreme weather, cities and companies are paying for private forecasting. But what about the places that can't afford it?

Chad Small Extreme Weather May 31, 2022

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