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Minnesota winters ain’t what they used to be
Eric Holthaus
This week’s Midwest cold snap isn’t historic — it’s just a glimpse of past winters
Robert Reich: A survival guide to two more years
Robert Reich
Don’t fall into cynicism or despair, Robert Reich says: here are his guidelines
Trump’s factually challenged tweets might be backfiring
Kate Yoder
The wild weather we’ve been having lately appears to be shifting Americans’ perspectives on climate change
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets biblical on Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Claire Elise Thompson
The White House doesn’t want to be held responsible for acting on climate change
Should a future president declare climate change a national emergency?
Greta Moran
Climate change is unlike national emergencies we’ve seen in the past
Study shows we’re hurtling toward a climate-related health crisis
“Climate change is happening, and it’s going to have all sorts of impacts on human society,” says an epidemiologist
With smack-talking invective, lawyer groups appeal to the public as one big jury pool
Stuart Silverstein
Exhibit A: "Judicial Hellholes"
Can civil disobedience turn the tide against global warning?
Rory Varrato
Extinction Rebellion, a grassroots social movement, has chapters popping up in cities and towns around the world
Steven Pinker’s fake enlightenment: His book is full of misleading claims and false assertions
Émile P. Torres
Harvard psychologist Pinker's bestseller "Enlightenment Now" is more than overly optimistic: It's deeply flawed
Nationwide, communities are discontinuing recycling programs
Valerie Vande Panne
A shift from costly recycling to education & waste reduction is happening, even in the most conservative of places
Billionaires at Davos fear Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to tax the super-rich
Shira Tarlo
However, a recent poll revealed that 59% of voters support the idea — and even 45 percent of Republicans back it
Trump’s EPA has a light touch when it comes to punishing polluters
Nicole Karlis
Over the last two decades, EPA civil penalties averaged more than $500 million. Last year's were just $72 million
Trump calls for more global warming while Australia sizzles in record-breaking heatwave
Zoya Teirstein
“Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!” tweeted Trump on Sunday
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was the only House Democrat who voted against a bill to end the shutdown
Shira Tarlo
She explained in an Instagram Live video that she did not vote for the bill because it "included ICE funding"
Why we feel anxious without knowing why
Nicole Karlis
Matt Haig, author of "Notes on a Nervous Planet," has a theory for what's happened to humans' mental health
Reality is starting to creep into the billionaire Oasis of Davos
Vijay Prashad
Evidence of the irrelevance of Davos and of that crumbling system is clear
Coffee production threatened by climate change and deforestation
Nicole Karlis
Scientists warn is conversation efforts aren't taken seriously, coffee could go extinct
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is too young to run for president — but 3/4 of Democrats would support her
Shira Tarlo
Ocasio-Cortez has emerged as a national progressive firebrand — and she's only 29 years old
8 percent of Americans recently changed their minds on climate. What gives?
Kate Yoder
A recent poll found that 78 percent of Americans believe climate change is real
These corals love the warming oceans
Gina Mantica
Japanese coral communities are expanding in response to warming temperatures, but the effects could be disastrous
Edible landscapes are un-lawning America
Stephanie Parker
These 12 businesses are turning sterile, water- and chemical-intensive lawns into food forests
Humor and media hoaxes put social justice ideas on the map
Ian Reilly
The "Yes Men" bring out the utopian dimension of hoaxing
A new way to curb nitrogen pollution: Regulate fertilizer producers, not just farmers
David Kanter
Fertilizer is a key source of nitrogen pollution which fouls air and water worldwide
The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water
Eric Holthaus
A recent study confirms that the oceans are warming 40 percent faster than many scientists had previously estimated
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