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Climate Is Everything
The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It's the Climate's Turn
By Justin Worland
Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?
By Aryn Baker/Kampi Ya Samaki, Kenya
The Unexpected Ways Climate Change Is Reshaping College Education
By Ciara Nugent
The Climate Real Estate Bubble: Is the U.S. on the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?
By Justin Worland
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Climate Is Everything
How Your Post-Thanksgiving Diet Could Help Save the Planet
Cutting out meat and dairy can shrink your carbon footprint along with your waistline
By Aryn Baker
November 24, 2021
Fusion Finally Finds Its Place in the Sun
One of my favorite bar signs is the one that promises “Free beer tomorrow.” That’s how I’ve always thought of nuclear fusion—a (theoretically) cheap, pollution-free and inexhaustible energy source, the promise of which has pretty...
By Aryn Baker
November 24, 2021
Surf and Turf: How Seaweed Helps Cows Become Better Climate Citizens
Getting calories out of grass is not easy. That’s why cows and other ruminants, like goats and sheep, have multiple compartments in their stomachs to help them digest their food. One of those stomachs is...
By Aryn Baker
November 17, 2021
At COP26, It’s Domestic Politics, Stupid
At COP26, it has become clear that domestic politics are getting in the way of taking the action on climate change that science calls for
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 12, 2021
Countries Brought Promises to COP26. Cities Brought Actions
For a more concrete picture of the transformations that need to take place in the short term, it helps to look to cities
By Ciara Nugent/Glasgow, Scotland
November 12, 2021
The Shipping Industry Sets Sail for Net-Zero Future at COP26
If the industry were a country, it would be the sixth largest CO2 emitter in the world, on par with Germany
By Aryn Baker/Glasgow, Scotland
November 11, 2021
COP26 Won’t Keep the World to 1.5°C. Have the Talks Failed?
Two new reports show the 1.5°C target far from being met as conference organizers release a draft of the final agreement
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 10, 2021
The First Draft of the COP26 Climate Agreement Shows How Far Apart Rich and Poor Nations Are On What Needs to Be Done
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Governments are poised to express “alarm and concern” about how much Earth has already warmed and encourage one another to end their use of coal, according to a draft released Wednesday...
By Seth Borenstein, Aniruddha Ghosal and Frank Jordans / AP
November 10, 2021
Counting a Carbon Footprint One Meal At a Time
Does knowing the carbon count of different menu items make a difference?
By Aryn Baker/Glasgow
November 9, 2021
Vulnerable Countries Face Tough Battle to Shape COP26
On Monday, U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi all sat down in a large convention room with more than 100 of their counterparts from around the world....
By Justin Worland/Glasgow, Scotland
November 5, 2021
How Banks Prep for Climate Change Could Save More Than Money
One Friday afternoon a decade ago, crisis struck Japan. First came a 9.1-magnitude earthquake, the country’s largest ever recorded. That triggered a massive tsunami, which washed away entire towns. The tsunami then caused a meltdown...
By Emily Barone
November 4, 2021
Australia's Green Energy Plan Must Include Aboriginal People
This story was produced in partnership with the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia’s multi-cultural and multilingual broadcaster. SBS correspondent Aneeta Bhole reported from the Northern Territory. The contents of Norman Frank’s fridge could mean the...
By Amy Gunia
November 3, 2021
A Methane Pledge Is the First Good News Out of COP26. Nothing Else Will Be as Easy
Tuesday’s announcement that more than 100 countries have joined a U.S. and E.U.-led coalition to cut 30% of methane emissions by 2030 injected a welcome burst of energy into the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow...
By Aryn Baker / Glasgow, Scotland
November 3, 2021
The Cow That Could Feed the Planet
The cows in Farmer John’s pasture lead an idyllic life. They roam through tree-shaded meadows, tearing up mouthfuls of clover while nursing their calves in tranquility. Tawny brown, compact and muscular, they are Limousins, a...
By Aryn Baker/Maastricht, Netherlands
November 2, 2021
One Big Reason Why COP26 Actually Matters
From the outside—and sometimes from the inside also—annual U.N. climate conferences known as COPs can seem like a bunch of aimless talk. For more than three decades, the U.N. has held these conferences, and the...
By Justin Worland / Glasgow, Scotland
November 2, 2021
John Kerry Is Bringing America Back Into the Climate Fight
John Kerry can feel the heat. It’s a sunny mid-July day in Naples, Italy, and we’re sitting on the roof of his hotel overlooking the Mediterranean. As tourists on the other side of the patio...
By Justin Worland/Naples. Italy
October 28, 2021
Meet the Man Who Defines the Energy Markets—And Wants the World to Go Clean
As the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol oversees research on trends that define energy markets. When Birol speaks, energy companies and policymakers around the world listen, informing decisions that determine how humans...
By Justin Worland
October 28, 2021
Barbados' Prime Minister Has a Message for Rich Countries
In the battle to slow down climate change, countries like Barbados are on the “front line,” says Prime Minister Mia Mottley. The island is threatened by rising sea levels and extreme weather events like hurricanes that...
By Jennifer Duggan
October 28, 2021
An Indigenous Rights Leader Is Trying to Rewrite Chile’s Constitution to Put its Ecosystems First
Alongside our thirst for fossil fuels, humans’ destruction of nature has triggered the climate and ecological crises that now threaten our life on this planet. A major goal for delegates at COP26 is to improve...
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
There’s Still One Part of the Paris Agreement That Hasn’t Been Finalized. She Wants to Change That
Countries have long agreed that emissions could be cut faster by allowing carbon trading—where one nation or business pays for projects that reduce emissions in another country, and then counts those reductions in their own...
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
The Engineer Who Made Electric Vehicles Palatable for the Pickup-Truck Set
When Linda Zhang became chief engineer for Ford’s F-150 Lightning three years ago, she took on what some might consider an all but impossible job. In relatively short order, she had to roll out a...
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 28, 2021
This Activist Stopped Ghana From Building A Coal Power Plant
Coal is one of the dirtiest energy sources in use, and coal plants still generate 38% of the world’s electricity. One strategy is to stop them from getting built in the first place, and Ghanaian...
By Aryn Baker
October 28, 2021
Climate Resilience is a Design Challenge. This Bangladeshi Architect Has Solutions
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is almost entirely surrounded by the waters of the Ganges River delta. Highly vulnerable to rising sea levels, Dhaka also faces threats from above: monsoon rains regularly overwhelm drainage systems...
By Aryn Baker
October 28, 2021
Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa
In October 2019, the Rotary Club of Bugolobi asked me to talk on the environment and climate change. I looked forward to the opportunity. It would be the first time as an activist that I’d...
By Vanessa Nakate
October 28, 2021
Meet the U.K. Minister Charged with Making COP26 a Success
COP26, shorthand for the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is in many ways as wonky as it sounds. For two weeks in early November, negotiators from...
By Justin Worland
October 28, 2021
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson Wants to Make Climate Action Profitable
Around 20% of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies had committed to net-zero targets
By Ciara Nugent
October 28, 2021
COP26's Organizers Can't Get Rid of Big Oil's Influence
Though fossil fuel companies are technically barred from having a formal role at COP26, they will still impact what happens at the talks
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 27, 2021
How Russia Could Play Spoiler at COP 26 Climate Summit
It will be harder for Russia to decarbonize than almost any other country. It's much easier to delay and derail
By Aryn Baker
October 25, 2021
Why Taking The Train Costs More Than Flying Despite Emissions
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. In less than two weeks, leaders from 196 countries...
By Aryn Baker
October 20, 2021
The Fight to Save the Salmon
When you get high enough into the mountains of Idaho, the fish are in the trees. For the past million years or so, sockeye and Chinook salmon have migrated 840 miles upstream from the Pacific...
By By Brian Bennett/Lapwai, Idaho with Photographs by Kiliii Yüyan
October 18, 2021
The Energy Transition Is in Full Swing. It's Not Happening Fast Enough
Even if you follow these things closely, it can be hard to understand where the world's fight against climate change stands. On the one hand, news abounds of the clean energy revolution, as wind farms...
By Justin Worland
October 13, 2021
The Fight to Control the Narrative Over Climate and Energy Security
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. Russian president Vladimir Putin had some unsolicited advice for...
By Ciara Nugent
October 13, 2021
Biden Is Feeling the Climate Pressure As COP26 Looms
"People's worst fear is that...the political system in the United States can't deliver."
By Justin Worland
October 5, 2021
How to Invest in Companies That Are Actually Helping the Environment
ESG funds—investment funds that are supposed to include companies that score the highest marks in environmental, social and governance factors—have become increasingly popular as more people look to put their money where their environmental concerns...
By Mark Dent
October 5, 2021
Aluminum Wraps Take Center Stage as Wildfire Structure Protection
Better than a baked potato
By Raisa Bruner
September 30, 2021
U.S. Fishermen Are Making Their Last Stand Against Offshore Wind
“They are, in some sense, mutually exclusive.”
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 30, 2021
Is Reusable Packaging Actually Better for the Environment?
When you toss a plastic bottle into your recycling bin, there’s no guarantee it actually gets recycled. In fact, odds are, it doesn’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of plastic packaging is...
By Jamie Ducharme
September 28, 2021
China's End to Coal Funding Is a Big Deal
Experts say the move could mark the beginning of the end of coal as a primary energy source for the world
By Amy Gunia
September 22, 2021
Many Green Funds Don't Live Up to Their Claims, Report Finds
Green investment funds are proliferating—and so is the dubious practice of "greenwashing"
By Amy Gunia
September 20, 2021
Biden Faces Critical Moment Ahead of Climate Talks
Over the last month, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rose and the U.S. made its rocky departure from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has sought to turn the nation's attention back to climate change, repeatedly warning...
By Justin Worland
September 20, 2021
Some Cities Are Rethinking Fire Department Spending
Federal firefighting is understaffed. Yet in cities, fire department budgets grow even as structure fires decline
By Alana Semuels
September 14, 2021
How Can Cities Stop Subways Flooding in the Climate Crisis?
As the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed over the northeast Wednesday night, dumping a record-shattering 3.15 inches of rain on New York City in a single hour, water began to pour into the city’s subways....
By Ciara Nugent
September 3, 2021
Is the U.S. on the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?
1171 Shoreham looks much like it did when Anna Zimmerman lived there: modest but presentable. A good starter home for Zimmerman and her husband when they bought it in 2005, for a while it provided...
By Justin Worland
April 19, 2021
The Unexpected Ways Climate Change Is Reshaping College Education
Universities are incorporating climate education into their curriculum to prepare students for future work in a world of climate breakdown
By Ciara Nugent
April 16, 2021
The Pandemic Remade Society. Now It's the Climate's Turn
The intertwining of the economy and climate change promises to alter the shape of global politics and society for the foreseeable future
By Justin Worland
April 15, 2021
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