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Disasters like the California wildfires are costing kids their education.
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Global economy could shrink 50% between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
A report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis.
Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse.
Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics."
Joe Biden was America’s first climate president. Did it matter?
The outgoing Democrat’s climate agenda was a surprising success — and a cautionary tale.
Young conservatives want to push Trump on climate change — the ‘America First’ way
The American Conservation Coalition has grassroots support and the ear of Trump's Cabinet picks. The next four years will test its influence.
Justin Trudeau taxed fossil fuels — and paid the price
The Liberal prime minister leaves office amid a wave of anger over his ambitious climate policies.
What sparks a wildfire? The answer often remains a mystery.
The source of more than half of all wildfires in the Western U.S. remains unknown. AI could change that.
Biden administration gives up on lower ocean speed limits to protect right whales
With only 370 remaining, the North Atlantic species is nearing extinction.
Lead in the water and chloroprene in the air: Whom does the EPA protect?
The Biden administration promised change for overpolluted communities in the South. Four years later, they're still waiting.
A new frontier in the voluntary carbon market: Old, leaky oil wells
Over the last two years, developers have generated roughly 5 million carbon credits from cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells.
Saving the surf is a climate solution
The surf breaks that create epic waves store millions of tons of carbon. Protecting them from climate change protects a sport and the planet.
Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3B chemical plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
The complex would have stretched across 77 acres and been a major polluter.
Fiction to reality: Will the US ever embrace insect cuisine?
Western culture has long painted eating bugs as backward and gross. But learned disgust can be overcome — if the conditions are right.
The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it?
Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office.
How states will keep fighting for climate progress under Trump
Trump calls climate change a hoax. But at the state level, the climate fight will continue — or even accelerate.
In Wyoming, tribal protests prevent land transfer — for now
A GOP-led Congress could resuscitate the effort to transfer roughly 2 acres within the Wind River Indian Reservation to a local irrigation district.
Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last.
As they rebuild, residents of the middle-class enclave could face steep price hikes.
Deb Haaland, America’s first Native Cabinet secretary, considers her legacy
On the controversial Willow Project: "We did what needed to be done at the time."
Another year, more power outages in Puerto Rico
Unstable electricity is a fact of life on the island, where privatization, underinvestment, and climate change leave the grid at constant risk of collapse.
A secret weapon in agriculture’s climate fight: Ants
Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.