The West Agreed to Pay Climate Reparations. That Was the Easy Part.
At this point, the UN fund is “an empty bucket.” How full could it get?
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A Classic American Car Is Having an Identity Crisis
Ford’s electric Mustang, the Mach-E, is attracting an unusual bunch of drivers—including me.
How Decades of Lax Rules Enable Train Disasters
Not much is stopping a catastrophe like the one in East Palestine from happening again.
Crypto Is Mostly Over. Its Carbon Emissions Are Not.
The environmental toll of Bitcoin could be even higher this year than last.
Climate Activists Are Turning Their Attention to Hollywood
If TV can change Americans’ views on gay marriage, why not the environment?
The Alaska Oil Project Will Be Obsolete Before It’s Finished
The world might not have enough renewable energy to power everything by 2029, but we’ll have more than enough to keep the lights on without additional drilling.
You Should Build a Frog Pond
Will someone please think of the urban amphibian?
The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’
The plan to stop companies from fudging their climate goals is fundamentally flawed.
A Basic Premise of Animal Conservation Looks Shakier Than Ever
Are we trying to save animals in the wrong places?
Every Coastal Home Is Now a Stick of Dynamite
Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
Bring on the Boring EVs
The next step toward electric cars just becoming cars is playing out on your TV screen.
Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.
Just how far can this climate momentum take us?
Earthquakes Are Unlike Any Other Environmental Disaster
Hurricanes and volcanic eruptions can be predicted. But earthquakes always come as ambushes.
1.5 Degrees Was Never the End of the World
The most famous climate goal is woefully misunderstood.
The Fight Over California’s Ancient Water
It’s legal to drink 10,000-year-old water. But is it right?
Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener
A classic urban trade-off might not be our destiny. That’s great news for the climate.
Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water
The state is being tossed between awful climate extremes.
How Long Until Alaska’s Next Oil Disaster?
The compromise that passed the Inflation Reduction Act has Alaskans braced for catastrophe.
The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged.
Wait, Why Wasn’t There a Climate Backlash?
Joe Biden's energy balancing act really worked.
America Just Shrugged Off Biden’s Big Climate Law
Democrats braced for a midterm backlash to the Inflation Reduction Act. It never came.
The Paris Agreement Is Working … For Now
The world’s much-maligned climate treaty has produced some stunning results.
A Republican Congress Is Coming for Biden’s Climate Wins
If the looming GOP majority sabotages climate policy, its own voters will suffer. The party might do it anyway.
Turkey’s Honey Apocalypse Is a Warning to the World
Wildfires have devastated the country’s precious pine honey. Heat and drought could soon bring the same fate to other beekeepers.
A Plan to Cool Off the Hottest Neighborhoods
As the climate changes, hyperlocal projects are helping keep disadvantaged areas livable.
China Accidentally Made Our Gas Much Cheaper
Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been an unexpected gift to Joe Biden.
Frankenstein’s Hummer
The company's new electric pickup truck is an unwieldy mix between an ambulance and a race car.
The Climate Economy Is About to Explode
A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks.
America’s Lost Crops Rewrite the History of Farming
Our food system could have been so different.
Honestly? The Link Between Climate Change and Hurricanes Is Complicated.
Hurricane Ian shows some symptoms of global warming. But saying anything beyond that is folly.
The Senate Just Quietly Passed a Major Climate Treaty
America is in the middle of a mini–golden Age of climate policy.
Manchin’s New Bill Could Lead to One Big Climate Win
Power lines are crucial to expanding renewables. America could finally—finally!—be about to build more of them.
The East Coast Will Not Escape Fire
Even parts of the country normally considered “wet” are drying out, with dangerous results.
Think Twice About Working for a ‘Climate Villain’
You’re not off the hook for your company’s actions.
A Very California Lesson on Just How Weird Electricity Is
The state’s record-smashing heat wave is a window into the future … and it’s okay.
It Wasn’t Just Oil Companies Spreading Climate Denial
The electricity industry knew about the dangers of climate change 40 years ago. It denied them anyway.
‘The Biggest Thing to Happen in International Climate Diplomacy in Decades’
The Inflation Reduction Act could change the world in at least five ways.
The EPA Just Quietly Got Stronger
The new climate bill isn’t quite “all carrots, no sticks.”
Biden’s Climate Law Is Ending 40 Years of Hands-Off Government
For America to decarbonize, it must reindustrialize.
Not Even a Single Republican Voted for the Climate Bill
The Inflation Reduction Act is unmistakably partisan. Can the GOP undo it?
Congress Just Passed a Big Climate Bill. No, Not That One.
A bipartisan act is quietly about to invest billions in boosting green technology.
History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen
Democrats in the Senate passed a bill that would, for the first time ever, use Congress’s power to push the U.S. to decarbonize.
The Best Evidence Yet That the Climate Bill Will Work
The Senate deal would change the course of the 2020s, finally putting America’s climate goals in sight.
Seriously, What Are You Supposed to Do With Old Clothes?
There are no good solutions to the problems of closet clean-out.
Manchin and Schumer’s Astonishing Climate Deal
If passed, the energy provisions of the senators’ new bill would represent the most significant climate action in a generation.
The World Needs to Start Planning for the Fire Age
The science of when to evacuate a community—and how—is still in its infancy.
A Plan to Lower Gas Prices—And (Maybe) Help the Climate
A new White House proposal is trying to keep oil prices in the “Goldilocks zone.”
Trees Are Overrated
Preserving the world’s great expanses of grass could be essential to combatting climate change.
The Era of Climate Change Has Created a New Emotion
What word might describe losing your home while staying in one place?
We’ve Had Other Climate Defeats. This One Is by Far the Weirdest.
Seven ways of looking at where climate action goes from here
The World Is Burning Once Again
We can only adapt so much to extreme heat.
Why We Remember Floods and Forget Droughts
Instead of planning for dry conditions, Americans seem incapable of even remembering them.
Joe Manchin’s Fickleness Is a Needless Catastrophe
The senator just worsened climate change—and inflation.
Those Sequoias Didn’t Just Get Lucky
This is what preparing for wildfires looks like.
When Does the Clean-Energy Infinity Loop Start?
Digging up minerals for rechargeable batteries has a high initial cost, but eventually those minerals can be recycled indefinitely.
Whatever This Is, It Won’t Be Build Back Better
At this point, the ideal climate bill is out of the picture. Here are two ways to make sense of Democrats’ next move.
The World Is Turning Back to Coal
Two big ways carbon pollution is different this year
The Future of Mud
A Senegalese architecture firm is championing a lower-tech material than concrete to help cities prepare for climate change.
The Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Is Going to Be Very, Very Expensive
The agency can still regulate carbon pollution, just not in the most efficient, system-wide ways.
‘Greenwashing’ Isn’t About Consumers
Corporate climate action has become an employee perk