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The best “defence”: On fighting for the good life in Trumplandia
Rebecca Gordon
What is a country for? What should a country do? Why do people establish countries in the first place?
Megastorms vs. megadroughts: Climate change brings a potentially devastating “atmospheric river” to California
Paul Rosenberg
After years of drought, the Golden State is hit by epic storms — and it's just the beginning of climate chaos
Americans overwhelmingly support Bernie Sanders’ economic policies — so how’d we end up here?
Conor Lynch
Most Americans want single-payer health care, economic justice and action on climate change. That day will come
Rex Tillerson will affect America’s involvement in the Paris climate agreement
John Upton
Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson refused to rule out an American withdrawal from the climate treaty.
Obamacare saved my dad’s life — and then he voted for Donald Trump
Brett Beasley
Children, not parents, are supposed to engage in risky behaviors. But what do we do with parents we can’t control?
The price is right, but only if it’s zero: What social cost of carbon will Trump’s climate team actually accept?
Andrew Revkin
The nation’s top science panel just sketched a way to set a fair price today for cutting tomorrow’s climate risks
Rex Tillerson’s rough ride: Trump’s State Department nominee bobs and weaves but can’t hide from his past
Heather Digby Parton
A surprisingly tough day for the former ExxonMobil CEO: on climate, China, Russia and more, a lot of dodging
The hypocrite’s trap: Inside the coal industry’s rhetorical playbook
Steve Schwarze, Jennifer Peeples, Jen Schneider, Pete Bsumek
Scholars pick apart the rhetoric behind the war on coal and explain why it ultimately benefits the coal industry
The Koch Brothers’ most loyal servants are serving in Donald Trump’s White House
Alex Kotch
One-third of the Trump team has ties to the Koch brothers.
Trump and RFK Jr.: A relationship made in anti-vax hell
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The two science skeptics met on Tuesday
Rex Tillerson dodges hot questions on climate change, Russian lobbying
Matthew Rozsa
Rex Tillerson has been dodging some very tough questions and made serious misstatements
Preemption nation: Trump, Congress could halt state action on climate
John Upton
As the GOP takes control of the White House and Congress, state officials fear roadblocks to environmental progress
Sorry, Trump voters: Those factory jobs aren’t coming back — because they don’t exist anymore
Conor Lynch
Thanks to robots, the glory days of manufacturing are gone — but in a better world, we don't even need those jobs
Clean energy legacy: Obama becomes first sitting president to write for Science journal
Brian Kahn
Any change of course in federal policy will be akin to a bump in the road rather than a roadblock, Obama writes
Climate fast forward: America on track to become net energy exporter by 2026
Bobby Magill
But with or without the Clean Power Plan, energy-related carbon emissions are not expected to change much
The science of white working class pain: Trump’s appeal is rooted in the body as well as the mind
Vinnie Rotondaro
Trump voters' physical, emotional and social stress affected their world views
A brief cosmology of cosmetology: A make-up artist’s meditation on the science and art of transformation
Heather Siegel
I am a makeup artist, but is what I do art? Or is some other act of creation?
Donald Trump’s glorious victory for anti-intellectualism: “Drain the swamp” just meant the eggheads
Conor Lynch
For many Trump supporters, the wealthiest cabinet ever is no problem — as long as he gets rid of the smart people
House Republicans support rule that could allow them to pay individual federal workers $1
Matthew Rozsa
The GOP is reviving a law from 1876 in order to reduce the pay of individual federal employees to $1
Coachella owner’s politics aren’t as hip as his festival, but artists don’t care
Jessica Lipsky
Progressive musicians aren't boycotting the fest as they are Trump's inauguration
The end of cheap gas: OPEC production cuts will make filling your car more costly
Matthew Rozsa
Thanks to OPEC production cuts, gas prices are set to rise — just in time for Donald Trump to take office
Taking the Portland out of “Portlandia”: It’s less about place than it is about personalities
Melanie McFarland
"Portlandia" is less about one unique town than the entertaining quirks of characters who could be living anywhere
Trumping the environment: How much of President Obama’s environmental regulations will be undone?
Patrick Parenteau
It it could be difficult to undo Obama’s oil and gas drilling ban.
The great garbage fire debate: Should we be burning our trash into energy?
Diane Stopyra
Other countries convert incinerated waste into electricity and heat. Could this help our trash crisis?
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