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Katrina, the BP spill, now Houston: This consulting firm keeps coming under fire
Fri 6:31pm By Naveena Sadasivam
The Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health is no stranger to controversy.

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Report: Climate change could make insurance too expensive for most people
Fri 6:04pm By Arthur Neslen
As wildfires, flooding, and storms get worse, the world's largest insurance firm says it will have to raise premiums.

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Terrifying map shows all the parts of America that might soon flood
Fri 4:26pm By Eric Holthaus
By the end of May, nearly 60 percent of Americans could see flooding severe enough to cause damage.

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‘The trees say F you’: Why teens are cursing about climate change
Fri 7:03am By Kate Yoder
Young people are mad af.

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Secondhand shopping is really popular all of a sudden
Fri 6:06am By Eve Andrews
But it might be because of Instagram. And Marie Kondo?

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The billion-dollar rebrand: How Big Oil is trying to change its image
Fri 4:00am By Zoya Teirstein
Oil companies market themselves as environmentally conscious while actively working against climate regulations, a new report shows.

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Want to be 2020’s climate candidate? Fly less
Thu 8:27pm By Eric Holthaus
Bernie Sanders is the first 2020 candidate to offset his travel. Here's why that's not enough anymore.

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‘We are here’: New climate design shows us our future in red-hot stripes
Thu 8:21pm By Claire Elise Thompson
Now can we put it on some flip-flops already? (We're joking.)

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Can New York have a Green New Deal and a new fracked gas pipeline?
Thu 5:55pm By Justine Calma
No way, Cuomo, say hundreds who attended last night's forum.

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Climate change is overwhelming our crappy water infrastructure
Thu 2:04pm By Eric Holthaus
Six Nebraska public drinking water systems went offline, and dozens of wastewater treatment facilities failed.

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OK, I’ll bite. What the hell is my carbon footprint?
Thu 7:07am By Eve Andrews
Like everything climate change, it's actually complicated. Let's break down what it means and how to use it.

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‘Coal just isn’t the future’: Meet the Kentucky miners picking up a new trade
Thu 6:03am By Elizabeth McGowan
Jobs in southeast Kentucky's coal mines are vanishing. What will replace them?

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Kids to teachers: We need to talk about climate change
Thu 5:00am By Zoe Sayler
Last week, thousands of students skipped school, calling for better climate ed. Good idea, but how do we make that happen?

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What are PFAS and why are people freaking out about them?
Wed 5:45pm By Justine Calma
These chemicals are in most American’s blood, but isn't being regulated in our drinking water. Here’s what that means for our health.

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Oil and gas leasing rejected in Wyoming because, well, climate change
Wed 3:12pm By Rachel Ramirez
A federal judge ruled that ignoring climate impacts in policymaking is no longer an option.

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Cyclone Idai lays bare the fundamental injustice of climate change
Tue 7:53pm By Eric Holthaus
The storm is not a natural disaster; it was made worse by climate change, centuries of colonialism, and continuing international injustices.

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The youth climate strikes fight back against despair
Tue 6:42pm By Eric Holthaus
The moral heart of climate action today is in young people demanding a better world.

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Electrifying news: Solar and wind power has quintupled in a decade
Tue 5:31pm By Nathanael Johnson
If this keeps up, the U.S. would be on track to 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050.

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Air pollution from Harvey was bad. This Houston petrochemical fire is worse.
Tue 5:10pm By Naveena Sadasivam
The fire released more than nine million pounds of pollutants in its first day.

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Parents and Republicans push back on the EPA’s proposed mercury rollback
Tue 4:58pm By Justine Calma
“It has literally taken generations to get these standards implemented, and yet today we are facing an action by EPA that could upend the progress we have made.”

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