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Walking America’s car-centric hellscape
Much of America isn’t built for walking. Alex Wolfe is doing it anyway.
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Beyond reusing and recycling: How the US could actually reduce plastic production
Whether it’s a cap on production or a market mechanism, it’s likely to meet industry opposition.
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The U.S. has officially stopped financing new coal plants abroad
But it might keep propping them up at home.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ shows how hard it is to satirize the end of the world
The climate metaphor starts to fall apart about halfway through, but that’s when the film works best.
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The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells
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The art of repeal: illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy — and Biden’s daunting task ahead
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The EPA cut back enforcement during COVID. These researchers are assessing the damage.
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We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
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Dying oil companies’ parting gift: millions in cleanup costs
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6 reasons 2020 wasn’t as bad for climate change as you thought
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Fix combines creative storytelling with network-building and events22 Predictions for 2022
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School or be schooled: How Gen Z is mentoring their elders on climate action
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Revitalizing Indigenous knowledge means reimagining mentorship
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Resilience, community, and other lessons I’ve learned from my plants
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What happens when communities and academics teach each other? ‘Communiversity.’
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5 unexpected places to find your climate mentor
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Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
Nearly half of the people who ask for disaster aid don't get help. Is it discrimination?
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In a red-state first, Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
There are some caveats, but it’s an ambitious goal for a state that currently gets more than half of its electricity from coal.
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Virginia’s governor-elect wants to get rid of cap-and-trade. There’s just one problem.
Glenn Youngkin's plan to ditch a regional carbon-cutting program could hit a roadblock.
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A group of Latinx community activists in Clark County, Nevada — one of the most polluted counties in the country — are using their own unique brand of Community Power to rally for their right to breathe clean air.
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EV chargers are coming to a highway near you
Electric utilities are banding together to build a coast-to-coast car-charging network.
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Biden orders federal government to become carbon neutral by 2050
The country’s largest land owner, energy consumer, and employer aims to reduce its carbon emissions by 65 percent this decade.
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How a group of community scientists are using a plant to take control of the air they breathe.
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Plastics, fertilizer, and synthetic rubber: Report calls out chemical industry’s use of fossil fuels
By 2030, petrochemicals could account for more than a third of growth in oil demand. Here's what governments can do about it.
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In the last episode of Temperature Check before the new year, host Andrew Simon and returning co-host Justin Worland look back on the biggest climate stories of 2020 and look ahead to what’s in store for the holiday season.
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