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The Small, Local Election With Potentially Major Climate Change Significance

By Justin Worland

California Climate Plan Calls for All-Electric New Homes to Hit Carbon-Neutral Goal

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE / AP

Biden to Hold Industrial Polluters Accountable for Harming Poor, Minority Communities

By MATTHEW DALY / AP

Big Oil Sold the World on a Plastics Recycling Myth. It May Be Too Late to Undo the Damage

By Alejandro de la Garza
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Biden Moves to Protect Old-Growth Forests From Climate Impacts Like Wildfire

The order doesn't ban logging of these ancient trees—which act as key buffers against climate change by absorbing significant amounts of carbon dioxide

By MATTHEW DALY and JOSH BOAK / AP April 22, 2022

This Earth Day, Biden Faces 'Headwinds' on Climate Agenda

Joe Biden's lack of significant progress on climate action casts a shadow over his second Earth Day as president

By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN / AP April 21, 2022

We Have Enough Climate Tech. What We Need is Political Will

As IPCC climate scientists make clear, politicians must help scale up existing technologies to avert catastrophic climate change

By Alejandro de la Garza April 7, 2022

Biden Extends Trump’s Solar Tariffs With Key Exemption

Tariffs make some imports more expensive and could slow Biden’s efforts to eliminate carbon-dioxide emissions from U.S. power grids by 2035.

By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY, BRIAN ECKHOUSE AND JUSTIN SINK/BLOOMBERG February 4, 2022

To Fully Tackle Inflation, U.S. Must Tackle Climate Change

Extreme weather events as well as climate policy will shape the future trajectory of inflation

By Justin Worland February 3, 2022

Trump's 5 Biggest Policy Changes in 2017

From tax reform to environmental protections

By Alana Abramson , Haley Sweetland Edwards and Ang Li December 21, 2017

A Family Says Their 3-Year-Old Died From Eating Grilled Cheese and Teachers Never Called 911. Now They Have To

New York City officials have implemented a new medical emergency protocol for child care providers following the accidental death of a 3-year-old this month, the Associated Press reports. Elijah Silvera died at Harlem Hospital on...

By Jamie Ducharme November 14, 2017

Rep. Raúl Grijalva: The Bernie-Hillary Debate Is Destroying the Democratic Party

'Shouldn’t we focus on the same thing the American people are focusing on?'

By Rep. Raúl Grijalva July 7, 2017

Your Face or Fingerprint Could Replace Your Airplane Ticket

Here are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute June 2, 2017

The Destructive Lie Behind "Mass Incarceration"

That term is hiding what's actually happening in the correctional system

By Elizabeth Gaynes May 19, 2017
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