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Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Michael E. Webber
The Plains states have a lot of wild weather. Why is this cold wave such a problem for utilities?
What caused the Texas disaster? Decades of Republican deregulation: “Laissez-faire run amok”
Roger Sollenberger
"There are things we could have done to prevent this," says former Democratic lieutenant governor. "But we didn't"
The Texas blackouts show that even the weather is polarized now
Shannon Osaka
Every storm, fire, or heat wave has become a political sparring match
Texas disaster exposes what happens when Republicans replace governance with trolling
Amanda Marcotte
Republicans have mastered the art of breaking government and telling voters it's because government can't work
The crisis in Texas underscores the deadly risks when the grid goes down
Emily Pontecorvo
How to make the grid — and communities — more resilient to extreme weather
Oil companies don’t want to be known for oil anymore
Emily Pontecorvo
Oil companies have been trying to rebrand themselves as cleaner and greener for years
Cuomo and Newsom symbolize corporate Democrat rot — and the need for progressive populism
Norman Solomon
The nation's two most powerful Democratic governors no longer look so golden. But they're not the real problem
Why America’s power grids will keep failing us
Nicole Karlis
"They're not adaptive or flexible, and that is really causing a lot of the problems," one expert said
GOP response to the Texas winter storms steals directly from Trump’s sadistic COVID-19 playbook
Amanda Marcotte
Texas Republicans try to troll their way through a disaster
Texas Republicans mocked California for blackouts. Now their tweets are coming back to haunt them
Jon Skolnik
It was fine when it was just dunking on the libs in California
Sean Hannity’s private plane and the Wake Forest tennis team: A morality fable
Roger Sollenberger
Fox News star has attacked John Kerry for using a private plane. But Hannity's own jet has an intriguing history
How one tiny country is beating the pandemic and climate change
Kate Yoder
One single death from COVID-19, and it's carbon-negative. What's up with Bhutan?
Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more?
Lela Nargi
Commodity crops of the world share a similar suite of human and environmental injustices
Communities of color are saving the planet — why won’t funders support what works?
Colette Pichon Battle, Miya Yoshitani
A coalition led by people of color is taking on the climate crisis. Major funders need to wake up to reality
The enduring mystery of Critchfield’s spruce
Zach St. George
Scientists aren’t sure if the ice age disappearance of a once-common tree is a reason for hope or a cause for alarm
Biden’s Civilian Climate Corps comes straight out of the New Deal
Kate Yoder
One of FDR's most popular programs is coming back
Can you trust a pro-beef professor? It’s complicated.
Jenny Splitter
Food industry funding can influence how research questions are asked. The results may confuse consumers
Trump’s COVID response was deadly — but decades of dreadful, racist policy set up the catastrophe
Igor Derysh
A commission set out to study Trump’s policies. Their report ended up as an indictment of the entire U.S. system
Questions remain about Big Food’s influence on the new dietary guidelines
Greta Moran
Advocates and experts point to a pattern of corporate influence on the nation’s "go-to source of nutrition advice"
Republicans want to plant 1 trillion trees — and then log them
Cameron Oglesby
Why environmentalists don’t like this bipartisan tree-planting bill
Texas lawmakers have denounced Biden’s energy moves, but experts say they could benefit the state
Mitchell Ferman
A global push toward a cleaner climate and safer environment has not kept Texas lawmakers from criticizing Biden
The Western United States is a hotspot for snow droughts
Tara Lohan
A study compares snowpack across the world & offers a tool to help scientists pinpoint where the resource is waning
How steel might finally kick its coal habit
Maria Gallucci
Several companies are working to make the process of forging the building material cleaner
Biden urged to “be the hero” to save American bumblebee from extinction
Andrea Germanos
"It is our hope that the Biden administration grasps the gravity of this moment"
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