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Jul 29, 2020, 3:55 am By Alexandria Herr
This essay was first published in our semi-weekly newsletter, Climate in the Time of Coronavirus,…How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and police brutality
Jul 28, 2020, 1:32 pm By Alexandria Herr
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Jul 28, 2020, 3:59 am By Kate Yoder
Picture yourself giving nearly the same speech hundreds of times, filled with rock-solid facts,…The curse of ‘both-sidesism’: How climate denial skewed media coverage for 30 years
Jul 28, 2020, 3:58 am By Joseph Winters
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Jul 28, 2020, 3:55 am By Claire Elise Thompson
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Jul 27, 2020, 7:00 pm By Alexandria Herr
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Jul 27, 2020, 3:59 am By Alexandria Herr
The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in late May sparked a national civil…Does the government’s food waste reduction plan pass the sniff test?
Jul 27, 2020, 3:55 am By Joseph Winters
House Democrats want Americans to stop throwing away so much gosh darn food. In a 538-page tome…Congress passes the Great American Outdoors Act, a ‘once in a generation’ conservation bill
Jul 26, 2020, 3:50 am By Chris D'Angelo
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Jul 25, 2020, 3:50 am By Rebecca Leber
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Jul 24, 2020, 3:58 am By Nathanael Johnson
In April, a little black calf with dabs of white on his back hooves was born. It was the first time…Amid Trump’s rollbacks, 15 states rev up plans for electric trucks and vans
Jul 24, 2020, 3:55 am By Maria Gallucci
The world enjoyed cleaner air and clearer skies earlier this year as streets and highways largely…A jobs program to plug abandoned oil wells sounds like a win-win. Is it?
Jul 24, 2020, 3:55 am By Emily Pontecorvo
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Jul 24, 2020, 3:50 am By Adrienne Day
As a policy analyst with the D.C. think tank Data for Progress, Julian Brave NoiseCat has a wonk’s…Scientists unveil a plan to prevent the next pandemic (and save nature at the same time)
Jul 23, 2020, 2:00 pm By Shannon Osaka
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Jul 23, 2020, 11:53 am By Angely Mercado
Major banks play a major role in financing environmental damage. International banks including…What New Jersey’s new environmental justice law will and won’t achieve
Jul 23, 2020, 3:59 am By Rachel Ramirez
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Maria Lopez-Nuñez conducted “toxic tours” of her community in…How can I convince older people to be less wasteful?
Jul 23, 2020, 3:55 am By L.V. Anderson
This week’s Umbra question was answered by Grist news editor L.V. Anderson. Q.Dear Umbra, How can…Microsoft can’t achieve its climate goals alone — so it’s enlisting other companies to go net-zero
Jul 22, 2020, 11:07 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Back in January, Microsoft announced arguably the most ambitious climate plan of any tech company to…
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