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1.5 Degrees of Global Warming—Are We There Yet?

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalMolly Bergen
Here’s where the world stands in its fight against climate change. The end goal remains the same.
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The Supreme Court Ends Chevron Deference—What Now?

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
For one, the ability of federal agencies like the EPA to set rules and enforce environmental protections now shrinks.
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It’s Time to Talk about Climate Anxiety

ExplainerUnited StatesJenny Shalant
Don’t bottle it up—openly acknowledging your climate anxiety and grief gives you the power to heal and move forward.

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Pipeline Incident Statistics Reveal Significant Dangers

Expert BlogUnited StatesAmy Mall

The US needs to stop the fossil fuel epidemic and transition as quickly as possible to clean energy sources that do not leak, spill, or explode, and will help protect our clean air, clean water, communities, and wildlands.

Cutting Down Forests Is Not a Climate Solution

Expert BlogSasha Stashwick, Sami Yassa
The case for biomass energy, such as it was, collapsed in 2018. While we have long argued that uprooting forests and burning the wood for electricity makes no sense, a raft of new scientific studies, policy documents and economic analyses…

Congress Must Support Miners by Extending Black Lung Tax

Expert BlogBettina Bergöö
As Congress finalizes the annual appropriations package and prepares to head home for the holidays, they should respect coal mining communities that have powered this country for the last century by extending an excise tax that supports the Black Lung…

Despite Dire Climate Reports, Trump’s EPA Drags Us Backward

Expert BlogLissa Lynch
Lately just about every other week there’s both a new scientific report warning about the urgent dangers of climate change and a new proposal from the Trump administration rolling back climate protections. Today, Trump’s Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler released…

Are Japan and Korea Violating the OECD Agreement on Coal?

Expert BlogHan Chen
The findings from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5 and UNEP Emissions Gap report made clear that global emissions must be decreased starting immediately. Attempts to build new fossil-fuel fired power plants contradicts the…

UK Climate Advisor: Wood-Fueled Power Plants Bad for Climate

Expert BlogSasha Stashwick
In a new report, the UK government's independent climate advisory board highlights the dangers to the climate from biomass use in energy production broadly, and electricity generation in particular. It recommends ending support to large-scale biomass-fueled power plants that are…

The Questionable Future of Overseas Coal Investments

Expert BlogInternationalHan Chen

If public and private institutions alike continue to finance new coal capacity, it will be impossible to achieve climate goals. It is very clear that coal is not an environmentally viable option.