• Environment • Recommended • Science • Threat Management

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    Bill McKibben

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  • Environment • Personal Resilience • Science

    When Love Thy Neighbor Is a Cry of Resistance

    Rebecca Solnit

    Meditations in an Emergency

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  • Environment • Science

    Another COP wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice

    Genevieve Guenther

    The Guardian

    The fingerprints of Russia and Saudi Arabia are all over the decision text in Brazil. But a group of nations led by Colombia and the Netherlands offer hope

  • Environment • Science

    Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths

    Sharon Lerner

    ProPublica

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  • Environment • Recommended • Science

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    David Fenton

    FrameLab

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  • Environment • Global • Science

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    Dana Nuccitelli, Yale Climate Connections

    Attention to the Unseen

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  • Environment • Global • Science • Social Justice and Equity

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    Nell Greenfieldboyce

    NPR

    British primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall's decades of research on chimpanzees in the wild changed perceptions of relations between humans and animals.

  • Environment • Human Rights • Recommended • Safety • Science

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    Rebecca Solnit

    Meditations in an Emergency

    Renewables are the future and they're inevitable; the one question is whether we'll make the transition swiftly enough to forestall the worst of climate change.

  • Environment • Fascism • Financial • Health • Personal Resilience • Recommended • Science • Social Justice and Equity • Technology

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    Kenny Ausubel

    Bioneers

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  • Environment • Regulations • Science

    Trump attacks on NRC independence pose health, safety risks

    Edwin Lyman

    Utility Dive

    The exodus of key personnel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will jeopardize its ability to oversee the nuclear power fleet and slow the licensing of new facilities to a crawl.

  • Economy • Environment • Health • Science

    Why Climate Action is Unstoppable

    Al Gore

    Ted Talks

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  • Environment • Health • Science • Technology

    Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science

    Science News Staff

    Science

    Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

  • Environment • Science • Threat Management

    Trump’s Climate and Clean Energy Rollback Tracker

    Climate Action Campaign

    Climate Action Campaign

    By cutting carbon pollution and accelerating the transition to clean energy, we will improve public health and create a more resilient economy and a more sustainable future for all.

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