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We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care?
The climate crisis is cooking the planet faster than we ever imagined, and extreme heat is killing us. What will it take to shake us into action?
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Extreme Heat Will Change the World As We Know It
An excerpt from Jeff Goodell’s new book The Heat Will Kill You First tells the story of Jonathan Gerrish and Ellen Chung, who died on a scalding hike with their one-year-old daughter.
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The Climate Crisis Was Always Real. Now It’s in Your Lungs
The longstanding West Coast air quality crisis reached the East Coast this week. That’s because climate collapse is everywhere — and inescapable
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We Can End Poverty Now. Do We Want To?
Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer-winning sociologist, talks about his new book Poverty, by America — and the very real solutions to our country’s poverty crisis
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Biden's Dangerous Two-Step on ClimateÂ
If the Biden administration is so gung ho about climate, why did it approve a big-ass oil-drilling project in Alaska a few weeks ago?
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Will an Oil Racket Destroy One of Africa's Most Sacred Places?
A Canadian company has begun drilling near the protected Okavango River Delta, promising jobs for locals and endless fossil fuel for investors. So far, there’s been no oil — but there have been big profits for the founders
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Biden Didn’t Fight Big Oil. Democrats Are About to Pay for It
The president’s spectacular success on climate is in jeopardy because of Big Oil’s ongoing grip of our economy — and our democracy
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Hurricane Ian Is Florida’s 'Oh Shit' Climate Moment
There’s no evading the reckoning that’s coming, even if Gov. Ron DeSantis can’t admit it
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The Climate Bill Finally Passed. The Climate Battle Has Just Begun
What was once a dream is now a law. But its success depends on a successful defense against the coming onslaught of fossil-fuel lobbyists and lawmakers
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The Biden Climate Bill: Will It Save Us?
Nothing we've done in 30 years has stopped the march toward climate collapse. Is Tuesday's passage of the "Inflation Reduction Act" about to change that?
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