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    A New Year’s Resolution: Climate Journalism to Match the Crisis
    January 7, 2021
    | Mark Hertsgaard and Andrew McCormick
    With climate action finally on the table, journalists must redouble their commitment to the climate story.
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    The Mine at Oak Flat: A Timeline of Government Bad Faith
    December 29, 2020
    | Asa Burroughs

    Federal land is scheduled to be handed over to private industry. The copper mine planned would be the largest in North America, sinking a section of the Tonto National Forest into a two-mile wide crater.

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    Young People in Georgia Fight for Climate Ahead of Runoff Elections
    December 18, 2020
    | Mekdela Maskal
    Throughout this election season, young voters and activists have forced climate change to center stage. The Georgia runoff is no exception.
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    As 2020 Ends, It’s Time for News Outlets to Declare a “Climate Emergency”
    December 16, 2020
    | Mark Hertsgaard

    Journalists and news executives in charge of newspapers, TV and radio programs, and social media platforms seen and heard by billions of people need to tackle the climate emergency.

  • Environment
    Humanity Faces Climate “Suicide” Without US Rejoining Paris Agreement, Says the UN Secretary General
    December 2, 2020
    | Mark Hertsgaard
    Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach”
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    7 Ways Biden Can Fight Climate Change Without Any Help from Congress
    November 23, 2020
    | Rebecca Leber

    To deliver on his promises of “getting climate under control,” Biden will need to follow the prevailing science that suggests the United States achieve about a 45 percent reduction in its greenhouse gas pollution by 2030.

  • Letters From an American
    Biden Moves Ahead
    November 18, 2020
    | Heather Cox Richardson
    While the Trump administration spins.
  • If Biden Wins, Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement Will Be the Easy Part
    November 5, 2020

    The day after a nail-biter of a historic election, the United States became the only country to back out of the Paris climate change agreement.

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    Roundup: Trump's Environmental Rollbacks
    October 29, 2020

    President Trump has consistently garnered the lowest possible ratings from environmental and climate crisis groups. Preeminent organizations of scientists — both national and international — have decried his policies and his removal of the United States from environmental and health agreements. Career scientists and policy-makers in federal agencies have resigned over the administration's new policies. Employees of federal agencies are no longer permitted to use the phrase "climate change."  The rule changes affect air and ...

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    The Supreme Court Battle and the Climate Crisis
    October 21, 2020
    | Mark Hertsgaard
    Roe v. Wade and Obamacare aren’t the only things endangered by Republicans’ rushed nomination of Amy Coney Barrett


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