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Climate Change and the Elections: Five Takeaways
Complete Article From the publisher.Carbon taxes, renewable energy and climate bipartisanship were all on the ballot in various forms. Here’s how they fared.
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Milestone carbon pollution plan rejected by Washington state voters
Complete Article From the publisher.Measure known as Initiative 1631 would have put a $15 fee on each ton of carbon dioxide emitted in the state Midterm elections – live updates A milestone plan to impose […]
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Young People Are Suing the Trump Administration Over Climate Change. She’s Their Lawyer.
Complete Article From the publisher.Julia Olson is representing 21 young plaintiffs, who may soon get their day in court. “She has built not just a case, but a movement,” a colleague says.
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A New Culprit Is Identified in China’s Choking Smog
Complete Article From the publisher.Researchers say that emissions of formaldehyde from autos and chemical and oil refineries play a larger role in China’s smog than previously known.
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Republican lawmakers react to the IPCC report – ‘we have scientists’ too! | Dana Nuccitelli
Complete Article From the publisher.Journalists grilled GOP politicians on climate change. It didn’t go well Major climate science reports usually pass by largely unnoticed, but in the wake of the latest IPCC report a number […]
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We’re Covering Heritage Sites Threatened by Climate Change. The List Just Got Longer.
Complete Article From the publisher.A new study says some of the most important ancient places in the Mediterranean might not survive global warming.
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There’s one key takeaway from last week’s IPCC report | Dana Nuccitelli
Complete Article From the publisher.Cut carbon pollution as much as possible, as fast as possible The Paris climate agreement set a target of no more than 2°C global warming above pre-industrial temperatures, but also an […]
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Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings | Benjamin Franta
Complete Article From the publisher.Newly found documents from the 1980s show that fossil fuel companies privately predicted the global damage that would be caused by their products. One day in 1961, an American economist named […]
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California’s response to record wildfires: shift to 100% clean energy | Dana Nuccitelli
Complete Article From the publisher.California’s Democratic leaders are determined to fight the climate change that’s ravaging their state In America today, it’s rare to see political leaders respond to a threat with an appropriate evidence-based […]