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Biden Signs Executive Order to Examine Financial Impact of Climate Change
"Our modern financial system was built on the assumption that the climate was stable... We no longer live in such a world," said National Economic Council director Brian Deese
Infrastructure Is Important to Reduce Climate Risk. But It’s Not Enough
In communities across the country, the increasingly visible effects of climate change have launched a race to adapt with new infrastructure. Miami Beach has built water pumps and elevated roads. California has created new rules requiring fire proof materials for new homes at risk of wildfires. Charleston, S.C. is planning to raise its sea wall—as…
Big Oil Is Trying to Make Climate Change Your Problem to Solve. Don’t Let Them
A new Harvard study highlights a decades-long trend — how industry creates systemic problems and then blames consumers for it
Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier: How Doomed Are We?
Two new papers offer radically different predictions of the glacier's future — and thus for the future of low-lying cities around the world. Here's how to understand the divergent projections
Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and India’s COVID-19 Crisis
A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here. The surge of COVID-19 cases and the humanitarian crisis now unfolding in India has shocked the world and led to a search for an explanation of how the situation…
New EPA Rule Cracks Down on Harmful Greenhouse Gases Used in Refrigerators, Air Conditioning
The agency is curbing use of hydrofluorocarbons, which it describes as "the most potent and longest-lasting type of greenhouse gases emitted by human activities"
There is No Climate Justice Without Racial Justice
The COVID-19 recovery is a chance to not just “build back better,” but to build back Blacker, fairer, and greener
To Combat Climate Change, Senate Overturns Trump Admin. Rule on Methane Emissions
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the move is "the first of many... important steps the Senate will take" to reduce greenhouse gases
Biden’s Climate Summit Made Progress. But We Won’t Reach Net Zero by 2050 Without Those Who Weren’t Invited
As leading nations pledge to reduce emissions to be carbon neutral by 2050, a new oil pipeline will increase Uganda's emissions sixfold
Is Biden’s Climate Summit Just Big Talk or a Prelude to Real Action?
The Earth Day summit may be pure theater, or it may prove pivotal. We'll know in the coming months whether President Biden can transform words into action
Greta Thunberg Warns Congress: You’ll Have to Explain to Your Children Why You Didn’t Act on Climate
"How long do you think you can continue to ignore the climate crisis, the global aspect of equity and historic emissions without being held accountable?"
Houston’s Mosquito-Killing Superhero Takes on the Climate Crisis
Climate change is altering the patterns and prevalence of infectious diseases as vectors like mosquitoes migrate to new regions. In Houston, a man named Max Vigilant is helping to protect the city against new outbreaks