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A climate pledge verifier said it would allow more carbon offsets. Its staff revolted.

In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."

Joseph Winters Accountability April 12, 2024

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How a defunct Trump policy still threatens Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp

The short-lived rule is helping the mining industry from beyond the grave.

Jessie Blaeser Regulation January 31, 2023

Kentucky’s Democratic governor would rather not talk about climate change

In a coal-powered state beset by disasters, Andy Beshear hopes to win reelection by avoiding the elephant in the room.

Katie Myers Elections November 3, 2023

Close-up of four black-and-white cows in the interior of a barn.

In Michigan: Climate change, bird flu, and dairy cows — and why ‘none of us saw this coming’

And why we should have.

Izzy Ross Health June 13, 2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Tripling Renewable Energy and Doubling Energy Efficiency by 2030 session at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 2, 2023.

The overlooked climate solution making headway at COP28: Doing more with less

Doubling the annual pace of energy efficiency progress would achieve half of the emissions reductions needed by 2030.

Akielly Hu COP28 December 4, 2023

Hindreds of youth climate activists hold banners during a demonstration demanding action to address climate change on March 15, 2019 in Paris.

Bloomberg funds youth-led climate action in 100 cities worldwide

The grants will ensure young activists can shape local climate actions.

Syris Valentine Cities April 10, 2024

Digital collage of people at voting booths with pictures of different energy structures around them

The race for clean energy is local

A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.

Emily Jones & Gautama Mehta Elections November 3, 2024

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Why a new method of growing food on Mars matters more on Earth

Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture June 7, 2024

Several people walk through a lush green valley surrounded by trees

The fate of thousands of US dams hangs in the balance, leaving rural communities with hard choices

Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Politics October 14, 2024

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