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A blurry image of a line of people wading through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Beaumont Place, Houston, Texas, 2017

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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A Leader to Meet This Moment

NRDC in ActionBrian Palmer
NRDC president and CEO Manish Bapna, an economist by training, knows that solving the climate emergency will require the global transformation of key economic systems—and that the transformation cannot wait a day longer.

Environmental Advocacy Is a First Amendment Right

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Industrial polluters have gone to great lengths to stifle environmental advocacy, but their expansion of censorship laws has finally crossed a line for some federal judges.

Bring Out Your Dead

Latest NewsCanadaBrian Palmer
TransCanada makes a desperate bid to revive the persistently vegetative Keystone XL pipeline.

Hotter = Drier

Latest NewsCaliforniaBrian Palmer
A new study shows how climate change is making the California drought worse.

Remember the Kalamazoo

DispatchMichiganBrian Palmer
Five years ago, a pipeline spilled a million gallons of tar sands crude into a Michigan river—and we’re still cleaning it up.

Accident at Indian Point

Latest NewsNew YorkBrian Palmer
Is it safe to operate a nuclear reactor 34 miles from 8.4 million people?

The Dirt on Dirt

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalBrian Palmer
The world’s soil helps us grow food and store carbon. So why are we letting it waste away?

Supersize Bee

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
A new study shows that bees prefer pesticide-laced junk food that hastens their death.

Climate Change Vs. the Blob

Latest NewsCaliforniaBrian Palmer
A new study says a stubborn blob of warm ocean water is exacerbating the California drought.

There Goes the Neighborhood

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
How humans use land is dramatically decreasing biodiversity worldwide.

Just the Right Absorbency

Latest NewsInternationalBrian Palmer
Tampons—yes, tampons—can solve one of the United Kingdom’s biggest sewage problems.

Obama Talks Keystone XL...Again

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
The president talked at length about the pipeline last week. Here’s where he’s right and where he’s wrong.

Next Victim?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
KXL fell to the veto pen today. These anti-environment bills, too, may soon say hello to the president’s little friend.

The Fishing Industry on Acid

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Ocean acidification will hit coastal communities like these the hardest.

California, Here Dry Come!

Latest NewsCaliforniaBrian Palmer
A new study shows that the current California drought is nothing compared to what’s coming.