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December 16, 2022
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Heather Souvaine Horn
This Year’s Big Breakthroughs on Climate
It wasn’t all doom and gloom in 2022.
November 22, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Kate Aronoff
How the U.S. Abruptly Shifted Decades of Climate Policy
In just 72 hours, the United States reversed course on its long-standing opposition to establishing a fund for loss and damage.
November 22, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Stephen Lezak
Giving Up on Limiting Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Is a Luxury Only the Rich Can Afford
The growing consensus that two degrees Celsius wouldn’t be so bad could spell doom for vulnerable communities.
November 17, 2022
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Kate Aronoff
A Better U.S.–China Relationship Is Good for the Planet
The resumption in climate talks this week is a welcome sign for those serious about preventing climate catastrophe.
November 15, 2022
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Kate Aronoff
Joe Biden Failed to Impress at the U.N. Climate Talks
America’s approach to loss and damage financing for developing nations is eerily reminiscent of the fossil fuel industry’s delay tactics for stalling climate policy.
November 14, 2022
Apocalypse Soon
Jan Dutkiewicz
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Spencer Roberts
How the Meat Industry Undermines Effective Climate Policy
Borrowing a page from the fossil fuel industry’s playbook, meat’s “merchants of doubt” are funding questionable research and lobbying to keep meat reduction off the table.
November 11, 2022
Kate Aronoff
We Have New Details About the U.S. Carbon Trading Plan (and It’s Still Confusing)
File under: Answers that only raise more questions.
November 9, 2022
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Kate Aronoff
The U.S. Is Presenting a Bad, Distracting Plan at U.N. Climate Talks
Climate envoy John Kerry has proposed relying on carbon credits to fund renewable energy in developing countries. What that really means is that the U.S. doesn’t want to pay up.
October 26, 2022
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Noah Gordon
Climate Reparations Really Aren’t That Radical—or Hard
Examples of reparations paid throughout history show that making amends is much more feasible than rich countries today would have us believe.
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