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How an Iowa Farmer Used the Campaign-Stop Economy to Push Climate Action on 2020 Democrats
Matt Russell promotes regenerative agriculture as a means to reduce carbon emissions, and he hopes to push the government to…
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The Firefighter Whose Denunciation of Australia’s Prime Minister Made Him a Folk Hero
Until a few days ago, Paul Parker was a volunteer firefighter in Nelligen, a small village on the coast of…
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The Star Power of Jane Fonda’s Climate-Change Arrests
On December 21st, Jane Fonda turned eighty-two, and it might have been her best birthday yet. Since October, Fonda has…
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Is Nuclear Power Worth the Risk?
On a blustery Sunday in Okuma last spring, a crowd was seated under red-and-white tents awaiting the arrival of Prime…
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The Pure Spirit of Greta Thunberg is the Perfect Antidote to Donald Trump
On December 3rd, Greta Thunberg, the sixteen-year-old climate activist from Sweden, completed her second transatlantic voyage, by almost entirely emissions-free…
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How to Mourn a Glacier
Along the western edge of Iceland’s central-highland plateau, in the far east of the Borgarfjörður district, the Kaldidalur, or “cold…
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The Literal Gaslighting That Helps America Avoid Acting on the Climate Crisis
We’re clearly in a climate moment: it’s possible that more marchers have walked more miles in the past month than…
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At the U.N., Jair Bolsonaro Presents a Surreal Defense of His Amazon Policies
By tradition, the Brazilian President is the first leader to speak at the General Debate at the United Nations General…
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Trump’s War on California and the Climate
If Donald Trump had come to California earlier this week, and found smog conditions similar to those that prevailed here…
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New York’s Original Teen-Age Climate Striker Welcomes a Global Movement
On Friday morning, Alexandria Villaseñor, who, at fourteen years old, is one of the youngest organizers of the global climate…
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