Does talking about climate ‘tipping points’ inspire action — or defeat?
Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new
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The Philippines is going all-in on transition minerals and endangering Indigenous lands
The island of Mindanao in the Philippines is ringed by beaches and covered in volcanoes and gardens of exotic orchids.
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This county has an ambitious climate agenda. That’s not easy in Florida.
Florida keeps trying to kill Betsy Riley. Riley says it as a joke, a way to make light of surviving
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Biden’s Energy Department races to get cleantech money out before Trump takes office
When prominent entrepreneur Jigar Shah took over as head of the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office in 2021, he had one
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North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for climate ‘deception’
A small town in North Carolina has taken a bold step, filing the first climate “deception” lawsuit against an electric
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This New York town doesn’t want to be a climate experiment
On a hot morning in July, Ray Apy stood in a vacant lot in upstate New York and pointed to
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Don’t blame Biden for inflation. Blame the climate.
Angela Bishop has been struggling with what she describes as “the cost of everything lately.” Groceries are one stressor, although
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The Trump Cabinet nominees who will decide our climate future
President-elect Donald Trump has put forth a slate of Cabinet nominees that reflects a clear commitment to fossil fuels and
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Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. Tucked about a
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New technologies could refine the copper the world needs — without the dirty smelting
At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a reactor the size of a small
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