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January 18, 2016
Rupert Neate
One Man’s Plan to Capitalize on California’s Drought
Scott Slater wants to pump billions of gallons to LA and other drought-hit cities—and make $2.4 billion in the process.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton delivered the best environmental answer of the night, unprompted.
January 18, 2016
Rebecca Leber
NBC could have asked Democratic candidates 1,000 smarter questions on climate change than this.
January 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
How Obama Inserted the “War on Coal” Into the 2016 Race
A moratorium on coal leases is another notch in his legacy. But it will be up to Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders to navigate the fallout.
January 15, 2016
Rebecca Leber
John Kasich’s insane plan to freeze all regulations.
January 12, 2016
Tim McDonnell
Here’s Every State of the Union Climate Promise Made by Obama
This video shows seven years of global warming proposals—and how he did on each one.
January 11, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
A huge coal company filed for bankruptcy today, and another shovel of dirt covered the industry’s casket.
January 11, 2016
Rebecca Leber
This endorsement secures Marco Rubio’s spot as 2016’s most dangerous candidate for the climate.
January 7, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Last year’s weather was weird and wet and hot.
January 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline wants its money back for losing.
January 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Why environmentalists have made the oil industry nervous.
January 5, 2016
Suzanne Goldenberg
The Devastating Impact of a Single Gas Well Leak
California's biggest contributor to climate change is a rupture at an Aliso Canyon well.
January 4, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Climate change could wreak havoc on more than half the world’s power plants.
January 4, 2016
Jeremy Schulman
How 19 Corporate Giants Plan to Make Money Off the Climate Crisis
January 1, 2016
Raj Patel
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change
After the Cold War, Cuba faced many of the agricultural challenges that the rest of the world is now anticipating.
December 31, 2015
Tom Philpott, Julia Lurie
Here’s the Real Problem With Almonds
December 30, 2015
Andrew Zaleski
Smith Island Is Sinking Into the Chesapeake Bay Thanks to Climate Change
December 29, 2015
Tom Philpott
There’s a Place That’s Nearly Perfect for Growing Food. It’s Not California.
December 28, 2015
James West
This Cheat Sheet Will Make You Win Every Climate Argument
December 25, 2015
Luke Whelan
Surprise! These 15 Common Grocery Store Items Are Almost Never Recyclable
So think twice before chucking them in the blue bin.

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