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Despite COVID-19, young people resume global climate strikes
1h By Fiona Harvey
Greta Thunberg leads protests as Covid rules restrict numbers compared with last year.

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Why Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court would be a climate disaster
Fri 5:30pm By Shannon Osaka
A 6-3 conservative majority could block climate action like never before.

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Meet the climate expert running to be the first female scientist in the Senate
Fri 1:03pm By Emily Pontecorvo
In the most Republican state in the country.

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Smoke and COVID-19 drove us inside — but the air in there wants to kill you
Fri 3:59am By Kate Yoder
The perils of breathing in 2020.

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Kentucky’s climate is changing. Will its politics?
Fri 3:55am By Andrew McCormick
Mitch McConnell has long resisted climate action even as the farm and coal sectors suffer, but a growing movement could bring change.

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This social-change leader doesn’t just want you to donate. She wants you to keep in touch.
Fri 3:55am By Claire Elise Thompson
Sudha Nandagopal on how we can fund movements for change.

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How California’s farmworkers are banding together to survive the pandemic
Thu 3:59am By Yvette Cabrera
“Everyone is at risk, and we continue to live in fear — but we have to learn how to survive this.”

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Why are women like Ruth Bader Ginsburg expected to save the Earth?
Thu 3:58am By Eve Andrews
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a feminist. Was she also an environmentalist?

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Quannah Chasinghorse is fighting to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Thu 3:55am By Maia Wikler
The 18-year-old is trying to defend her tribe's sacred lands and way of life, despite new threats from the Trump administration.

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Young evangelicals used to be skeptical of climate change. Not anymore. And we’re voting.
Wed 5:33pm By Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
This election year, millennials and Gen Z are expected to comprise nearly 40 percent of the eligible voting population.

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Why the 6 topics for the first Biden-Trump debate are actually all about climate change
Wed 2:45pm By Joseph Winters
Every issue is a climate issue.

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Both parties used to love the carbon tax. So why are they giving up on it?
Wed 3:59am By Shannon Osaka
How American politics killed a consensus climate solution.

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How did the 2020 wildfire season get so bad?
Wed 3:55am By Alexandria Herr
And what can we do about it going forward?

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Trump finally sent aid to Puerto Rico. Is it enough to save a broken grid?
Wed 3:55am By Angely Mercado
Environmentalists argue the grid should be rebuilt as a decentralized system with distributed solar energy and other renewable sources.

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How to make a net-zero pledge that actually means something
Tue 3:59am By Emily Pontecorvo
It's easier to set a "net-zero" goal than to define it.

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Why did the world’s biggest business lobby endorse 23 climate candidates?
Tue 3:58am By Joseph Winters
It’s complicated.

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6 experts on the dawning of a ‘Feminist Climate Renaissance’
Tue 3:55am By Brianna Baker
A new book marks the pain — but also celebrates the power — of being feminists in the climate movement.

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Soap on tap? A startup arrives in NYC with a plan to take the plastic out of cleaning products.
Mon 5:51pm By Claire Elise Thompson
Head for the kiosk to resupply your soap and sanitizer, and don’t forget your RFID-enabled refillable bottle.

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RBG’s death leaves a climate-shaped hole in the Supreme Court
Mon 4:06pm By Zoya Teirstein
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s climate-related opinions suggest she believed that the federal government was responsible for the health of Americans.

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Russian Indigenous communities are begging Tesla not to get its nickel from this major polluter
Mon 3:59am By Maddie Stone
Elon Musk said he would give a big contract to anyone mining the EV battery mineral 'in an environmentally sensitive way.'

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