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Weathering the Trump Climate
While there's plenty of reason for concern, there are also signs that Trump won't be able to stop the advent of a green energy age.
12,000 US Schools Are Within a Mile of a Hazardous Chemical Facility
In the absence of federal policy for schools located near dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions.
Is the Boreal Forest on the Edge of a Climate Change Tipping Point?
As the climate changes one of the world's largest land-based sources of sequestering carbon could begin releasing more CO2 than it stores.
What Repealing Obamacare Would Mean for My Daughter, a 2-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient
The pain of worrying about our daughter's future hangs over me and my wife every day.
Want to Improve Wind and Solar Power? Bring Them Together
Combining intermittent renewable energy sources through hybrid projects, developers are taking advantage of each.
What Could the Rest of the World Do If Trump Pulls the US Out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change?
Elections have consequences for global climate change negotiations and the future of the planet.
Judge Won’t Dismiss Youth Climate Lawsuit; Stage Set for Historic Trial
Young climate activists are suing the federal government over its planet-damaging energy policies.
Ex-Irish President Mary Robinson: US Will Become Rogue Nation If Trump Pulls Out of Climate Deal
Robinson served as president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997.
Standing Rock Sioux Elder: “We Have an Obligation to Protect All of America”
“We symbolize the struggle of every community in America about the lack of water, about contaminated water.”
Dahr Jamail | For the First Time in Human Existence, CO2 Rates Break Records Two Years in a Row
CO2 levels in 2016 are expected to increase at an unprecedented rate, taking us to levels not seen in 15 million years.