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Our Appetite for Meat Is Hurting the Environment. Enter Lab-Grown Meat.
Are we ready for the future of meat?
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We Are Running Out of Firefighters at a Perilous Time
Now would be a good time for Congress to pass a federal spending bill to make a permanent pay increase a reality.
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Critics Fear Tax Subsidies for Carbon Capture Won’t Be Checked
Some activists are questioning whether the federal government can accurately verify a tax program for facilities that store planet-warming gases.
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Three Mile Island Plans to Reopen as Demand for Nuclear Power Grows
The infamous plant, closed since 2019, is getting a new lease on life after Microsoft agreed to buy its electricity to supply a growing fleet of data centers.
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Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a new reconstruction of Earth’s deep past.
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What’s the True Price of a School Lunch?
An emerging body of research aims to put dollar figures on the environmental costs of foods we eat everyday.
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Asphalt Schoolyards Get a Shady Makeover
Schools across the country are adding trees, tent-like structures and water to their playgrounds as temperatures soar.
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Backlash Erupts Over Europe’s Anti-Deforestation Law
Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.
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Methane Levels Still Rising, Despite Global Methane Pledge
Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, researchers said, despite pledges to cut back.
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California Wildfires Pose Too Many Risks for Insurers, but These Residents Want to Stay
In the San Bernardino Mountains, another wildfire has forced residents to flee, the latest reminder that they must accept the risks of climate change if they want to remain.
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Floods Wreak Havoc Across Four Continents
Flooding events around the world share a common factor of an atmosphere made warmer by climate change. What can be done to help citizens prepare?
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Europe’s Floods Are Another Sign of Growing Threat of Climate Change
Climate change is influencing extreme weather events like the flooding across six European countries that has led to mass evacuations of cities as the waters continue to rise.
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Cómo los últimos ocho años han hecho a las jóvenes más liberales
Un nuevo análisis muestra que para una generación de mujeres jóvenes, la era Trump movió sus políticas hacia la izquierda.
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It’s Time We Start Naming America’s Deadliest Climate Disasters
You remember Hurricane Katrina. Why not that lethal heat wave?
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Mapping the Decline of Eelgrass in Maine
Researchers are studying the role of eelgrass beds for carbon capture and the health of the food habit for a variety of species.
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Join the Times’s Climate Event With Jane Goodall, Al Roker and Others
Sign up to watch the livestream of the Climate Forward conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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The Green Energy Transition Is Powered by China
Much of the good news about green energy is coming out of one country.
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Why Have Kids? A Liberal Case for Natalism
A philosopher wants to take back the issue from conservatives.
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Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices. Not Fracking.
Energy businesses and farmers in western Pennsylvania are struggling because of prices, an issue that has not figured prominently in the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris.
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How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal
For a generation of girls raised to believe they could be anything, the Trump era moved their politics to the left, a new analysis shows.
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