Stop talking right now about the threat of climate change. It’s here; it’s happening.
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Bill McKibben
Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing – we need to rethink how we live...
Hurricane Irma linked to climate change? For some, a very 'insensitive' question.
By LISA FRIEDMANSeptember 11, 2017WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst...
Trump says he cares about people in coal country. So why halt a study...
By Editorial Board,
ONE WOULD imagine that the Trump administration, which swept into power claiming to support the people who live in coal country, would...
Commentary: In TV hurricane coverage virtually no trace of the C-word.
September 11, 2017
For all of its A-plus, life-saving urgency in backing up evacuation efforts, TV news still can't bring itself to even ask the...
Hurricane Irma: ‘Everything is under water, i mean everything.’
Updated on September 10 at 10:41 p.m.
Take it from the hurricane historian: There has never been a tropical cyclone quite like Irma.
“You’ve had storms...
Hurricane Irma: After thrashing South Florida, storm churns north past Tampa toward Georgia.
Video from Brickell, Miami shows scenes before and after Hurricane Irma struck. (Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post)
KEY WEST, Fla. — Hurricane Irma brought ripping winds,...
Irma weakens but continues to batter Florida.
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Large waves produced by Hurricane Irma crash into the end of a pier Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. At the same time...
UK windfarms cheaper than Hinkley Point, experts claim.
Energy industry
Analysts predict sea change in energy policy as falling costs for offshore power will charge UK taxpayer at least 10% less than deal...
New study shows organic farming traps carbon in soil to combat climate change.
When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving...
China studying when to ban sales of traditional fuel cars: Xinhua.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has begun studying when to ban the production and sale of cars using traditional fuels, the official Xinhua news agency...
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