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Why Does California Have So Many Wildfires?
By The New York Times
There are four key ingredients to the disastrous wildfire seasons in the West, and climate change is a key culprit.
As of Tuesday, more than two million acres have burned across the state so far in 2020, which makes this a record year, surpassing 2018, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. About 200 Labor Day visitors to the Sierra National Forest had to be evacuated by helicopter after being trapped by the Creek Fire, and Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in five counties.
The ‘Straightforward’ Link Between Climate and California’s Fires
By The New York Times
California is on fire. Almost 2.5 million acres of land have burned there so far this year — nearly 20 times what had burned at this time last year — and the wildfire season is far from over.
How to Buy Carbon Offsets
By The New York Times
Carbon offsets compensate for your emissions by canceling out greenhouse gas emissions somewhere else in the world. The money you pay to buy offsets supports programs designed to reduce emissions.
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Where’s Airborne Plastic? Everywhere, Scientists Find.
By The New York Times
There’s “no nook or cranny” on the planet where it doesn’t end up, the lead researcher on a new study said.
Familiar Culprit May Have Caused Mysterious Mass Extinction
By The New York Times
A planet heated by giant volcanic eruptions drove the earliest known wipeout of life on Earth.
Social Distancing? You Might Be Fighting Climate Change, Too
By The New York Times
Isolation and other shifts in behavior during the coronavirus outbreak could also alter our greenhouse gas emissions. But will the changes stick?
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Black Environmentalists Talk About Climate and Anti-Racism
By The New York Times
It’s impossible to live sustainably without tackling inequality, activists say.
What Is the Green New Deal? A Climate Proposal, Explained
By The New York Times
The Green New Deal is a congressional resolution that lays out a grand plan for tackling climate change.
A Green New Deal Is Technologically Possible. Its Political Prospects Are Another Question.
By The New York Times
The goals of the far-reaching plan to tackle climate change and economic inequality are within the realm of technological possibility.
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House Democrats Push Environmental Bills, but Victories Are Few
By The New York Times
Climate and environmental activists are growing impatient with a Democratic-led House that they view as not doing enough to enact their agenda.
Climate Voters Still Want More From Biden
By The New York Times
Climate-focused voters are worried that Mr. Biden has not made the issue a sufficient priority or been specific enough about his plans.
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Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science
By The New York Times
In the next few months, the White House will complete the rollback of the most significant federal effort to curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
Who Controls Trump’s Environmental Policy?
By The New York Times
Among 20 of the most powerful people in government environment jobs, most have ties to the fossil fuel industry or have fought against the regulations they now are supposed to enforce.
How to Choose a Charity Wisely
By The New York Times
These days you have to use your head far more than your heart to see that your charitable dollars are well spent on causes you care about.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Composting
By The New York Times
No matter how much you make, there’s never enough compost to go around. So pick your system and get started.
Students, Cities and States Take the Climate Fight to Court
By The New York Times
Can the courts fix climate change? Several groups and individuals around the United States have gone to court to try to do what the Trump administration has so far declined to do: confront the causes and effects of global warming.
What Survival Looks Like After the Oceans Rise
By The New York Times
At the site of a Bangladeshi town lost to devastating storms, locals make do by scavenging what remains.
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Climate Change Rises as a Public Priority. But It’s More Partisan Than Ever.
By The New York Times
Protecting the environment and tackling climate change have climbed up the list of Americans’ political priorities this year as economic concerns have faded, according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns
By The New York Times
The world’s land and water resources are being exploited at “unprecedented rates,” a new United Nations report warns, which combined with climate change is putting dire pressure on the ability of humanity to feed itself.
The End of Meat is Here
By The New York Times
If you care about the working poor, about racial justice and about Climate Change, you have to stop eating animals.
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An Unexpected Dinner Guest: Marine Plastic Pollution Hides a Neurological Toxin in Our Food
By The New York Times
Dr. Katlin Bowman, a research scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains that heavy metal toxins naturally adhere to plastics in the water, creating extremely concentrated “fish food bombs” of mercury.
The New Spiritual Consumerism
By The New York Times
On shows like “Queer Eye,” makeovers, shopping and redecorating are presented as deeply meaningful — even political.
One Thing You Can Do: Sustainable Holiday Shopping
By The New York Times
Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season this week and, according to a recent survey, sustainable shopping is on a lot of people’s minds this year.
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How Climate Anxiety Is Shaping Family Planning
By The New York Times
The notion of forgoing children as a means of fighting global warming is entering the mainstream.
A crash course on climate change, 50 years after the first Earth Day
By The New York Times
This is a seven-day New York Times crash course on climate change, in which reporters from the Times’s Climate desk address the big questions:
Why Aren’t We Excited About Earth Day Anymore?
By The New York Times
Three organizers from the first event in 1970 remind us that we still have a lot of work to do.
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See the World and Make a Difference on a ‘Citizen Science’ Expedition
By The New York Times
If you’re passionate about wildlife, earth science or the environment, these tours are for you.
How to Be a Green Traveler
By The New York Times
You may live a sustainable lifestyle at home, but what about while on vacation? Here are some practical steps you can take to limit your impact on the environment.
Sustainable Travel: It’s Not Just About the Environment
By The New York Times
A look at tours and programs that address the impact travelers have on the communities they visit.
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Be a More Sustainable Traveler
By The New York Times
When thinking about how to reduce our individual carbon footprints, one of the simplest ways to cut back on emissions is to fly less often. But for those who want to see the world, there are ways to make trips more sustainable, including where you go, what you pack and how you decide to get there.
Flying Is Bad for the Planet. You Can Help Make It Better.
By The New York Times
Take one round-trip flight between New York and California, and you’ve generated about 20 percent of the greenhouse gases that your car emits over an entire year.
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How Guilty Should You Feel About Flying?
By The New York Times
Our climate just can’t tolerate widespread frequent flying. At some level we need to figure out, collectively, which flights are necessary, and which are luxuries.
10 Electric Vehicles to Watch
By The New York Times
Sales doubled in 2019, but the industry’s tipping point — severing ties to the gas pump — still lies ahead. These cars will help make that happen.
‘Charger Desert’ in Big Cities Keeps Electric Cars From Mainstream
By The New York Times
For city dwellers who would love an E.V., the biggest hurdle might be keeping it juiced up without a garage or other convenient charging stations.
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6 Things You’re Recycling Wrong
By The New York Times
Can you recycle coffee cups or greasy pizza boxes? If you’re tossing things in the recycling bin out of sheer hope, you might be an “aspirational recycler.”
As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling
By The New York Times
With China no longer accepting used plastic and paper, communities are facing steep collection bills, forcing them to end their programs or burn or bury waste.
One Thing You Can Do: Switch To a Green Energy Provider
By The New York Times
By now, you’ve probably seen ads for green energy companies. But how do you know if signing up will really reduce your carbon footprint?
The short answer: It will, but probably not the way you think.
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Animal Viruses Are Jumping to Humans. Forest Loss Makes It Easier.
By The New York Times
The destruction of forests into fragmented patches is increasing the likelihood that viruses and other pathogens will jump from wild animals to humans, according to a study from Stanford University published this month.
From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows
By The New York Times
In every region, farmers and scientists are trying to adapt an array of crops to warmer temperatures, invasive pests, erratic weather and earlier growing seasons.
Your Questions About Food and Climate Change, Answered
By The New York Times
How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world.
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What Are the Benefits of CBD?
By The New York Times
More than 60 percent of CBD users were taking it for anxiety, according to a survey of 5,000 people. Does it help?
Nutrition Advice From the China Study
By The New York Times
Six years ago a small Texas publisher released an obscure book written by a father-son research team. The work, based on a series of studies conducted in rural China and Taiwan, challenged the conventional wisdom about health and nutrition by espousing the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Vegans Go Glam
By The New York Times
“Kicking dairy was brutal,” he said. “That’s like getting off OxyContin.”
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Eco-Consciousness Can Start at the Supermarket
By The New York Times
I have found that organic food and nontoxic cleaning supplies tend to be the gateway to eco-living.
Shopping and Environmental Activism Can Go Together
By The New York Times
In my view, the pathway to activism does run through retail.
The Gurus of Tidiness: If You Like Marie Kondo …
By The New York Times
The Japanese organizer may be the star of the moment, but others have equally appealing theories and strategies for decluttering your home.
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What We Get Wrong About Minimalism
By The New York Times
It’s not about empty walls or avoiding your phone — it’s about finding beauty in our surroundings, whatever they may look like.
How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - A Year of Living Better Guides NY Times
By The New York Times
While real solutions will require action on a global scale, there are choices you can make in your day-to-day life to lessen your personal impact on the environment. This guide will walk you through some of them.
Trump's Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists
By The New York Times
Federal Scientists and Lawyers, told to undo regulations that some worked on for decades, have embedded data into technical documents that environmental lawyers are using to challenge the rollbacks.
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E.P.A., Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters
By The New York Times
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a sweeping relaxation of environmental rules in response to the coronavirus pandemic, allowing power plants, factories and other facilities to determine for themselves if they are able to meet legal requirements on reporting air and water pollution.
U.S. to Announce Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules, a Key Effort to Fight Climate Change
By The New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Tuesday to announce its final rule to rollback Obama-era automobile fuel efficiency standards, relaxing efforts to limit climate-warming tailpipe pollution and virtually undoing the government’s biggest effort to combat climate change.
Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread.
By The New York Times
New data shows example after example of overheating and damage along the 1,500-mile natural wonder.
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New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates
By The New York Times
Coronavirus patients in areas that had high levels of air pollution before the pandemic are more likely to die from the infection than patients in cleaner parts of the country, according to a new nationwide study that offers the first clear link between long-term exposure to pollution and Covid-19 death rates.
The Amazon is completely lawless: The Rainforest after Bolsonaro's first year
By The New York Times
Deforestation in the world's largest rainforest, an importnat buffer against climate change, has soared under President jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.
The Meat Question, by the Numbers
By The New York Times
Your burning climate question: Meat and global warming.
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How Big Business Is Hedging Against the Apocalypse
By The New York Times
Investors are finally paying attention to climate
change — though not in the way you might hope.The Next Reckoning: Capitalism and Climate Change
By The New York Times
Fixing the planet is going to be expensive. Can we stomach the bill for human survival?
A Forecast for a Warming World: Learn How to Live with Fire
By The New York Times
How to live in an ecosystem that is primed to burn?
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Climate Chaos Is Coming — and the Pinkertons Are Ready
By The New York Times
As they see it, global warming stands to make corporate security as high-stakes in the 21st century as it was in the 19th.
Want to Escape Global Warming? These Cities Promise Cool Relief
By The New York Times
Climate projections suggest that, because of geographic factors, the region around Duluth, the Great Lakes area, will be one of the few places in America where the effects of climate change may be more easily managed.
How a Warming Planet drives Human Migration
By The New York Times
Climate displacement is becoming one of the world's most powerful - and destabilizing - geological forces.
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From Heat Waves to Hurricanes: What We Know About Extreme Weather and Climate Change
By The New York Times
It’s been a hectic end to summer, meteorologically speaking. Back-to-back hurricanes raked Texas, Florida and the Caribbean. A Labor Day heat wave broke temperature records in San Francisco and strained California’s electricity grid. Wildfires continue to rage in the Pacific Northwest.
California Drought Is Made Worse by Global Warming, Scientists Say
By The New York Times
Global warming caused by human emissions has most likely intensified the drought in California by 15 to 20 percent, scientists said.
Heat Waves in the Age of Climate Change: Longer, More Frequent and More Dangerous
By The New York Times
Climate change makes heat waves more frequent
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A Sharp Increase In ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding
By The New York Times
Global warming and rising seas are increasing the amount of tidal flooding on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. Flood levels are different from city to city, but the trends are similar.
Flooding of US Coast, caused by Global Warming, has already begun
By The New York Times
Scientists' warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the US coastline are no longer theoretical.
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change
By The New York Times
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. So we’ve put together a list of quick answers to often-asked questions about climate change. This should give you a running start on understanding the problem.
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Rising Sea Levels May Disrupt Lives of Millions of Americans, Study Says
By The New York Times
Sea-level rise, a problem exacerbated by greenhouse gas emissions, could disrupt the lives of more than 13 million people in the United States, three times the most current estimates.
Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows
By The New York Times
Rising seas could affect three times more people by 2050 than previously thought, according to new research, threatening to all but erase some of the world’s great coastal cities.
Calculating Air Pollution’s Death Toll, Across State Lines
By The New York Times
In most states, about half of the premature deaths caused by poor air quality are linked to pollutants that blow in from other states, a new study found.
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See How the World’s Most Polluted Air Compares With Your City’s
By The New York Times
We visualized the damaging, tiny particles that wreak havoc on human health. From the Bay Area to New Delhi, see how the world’s worst pollution compares with your local air.
But Will It Make You Happy?
By The New York Times
“I really believe that the acquisition of material goods doesn’t bring about happiness.”
To Prevent Next Coronavirus, Stop the Wildlife Trade, Conservationists Say
By The New York Times
Conservationists see a persistent threat of epidemics so long as tens of millions of animals are traded in Southeast Asia.
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Will Big Business Save the Earth?
By The New York Times
The embrace of environmental concerns by chief executives has accelerated recently for several reasons.
‘Bleak’ U.N. Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talks
By The New York Times
The latest assessment issued by the United Nations said that greenhouse gas emissions are still rising dangerously.
Oil Prices and and Climate Change
By The New York Times
On Monday, oil prices saw their biggest one-day drop since 1991, driven down by coronavirus fears and a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. If we’re entering an era of really cheap oil, it’s worth asking what that could mean for climate change.
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Looking, Quickly, for the Fingerprints of Climate Change
By The New York Times
For years, most meteorologists and climate scientists would answer that question with a disclaimer, one that was repeated so often it became like a mantra: It is not possible to attribute individual weather events like storms, heat waves or droughts to climate change.
The Key to Stopping the Illegal Wildlife Trade: China
By The New York Times
The country is a critical market for animal contraband. Some scientists fear the official commitment to conservation may be wavering.
Is It O.K. to Tinker With the Environment to Fight Climate Change?
By The New York Times
Scientists are investigating whether releasing tons of particulates into the atmosphere might be good for the planet. Not everyone thinks this is a good idea.
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The Tiny Swiss Company That Thinks It can Stop Climate Change
By The New York Times
Two European entrepreneurs want to remove carbon from tha air at prices cheap enough to matter.
Blamed for Climate Change, Oil Companies Invest in Carbon Removal
By The New York Times
Chevron, Occidental Petroleum and BHP have invested in Carbon Engineering, a start-up developing technology to take carbon out of the atmosphere.
How to Stop Freaking Out and Tackle Climate Change
By The New York Times
Here’s a five-step plan to deal with the stress and become part of the solution.
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What’s Better Than Planting a Trillion Trees?
By The New York Times
Protecting the forests while we are at it.
Al Gore: The Climate Crisis Is the Battle of Our Time, and We Can Win
By The New York Times
We have the tools. Now we are building the political power.
Climate Change Is Fueling Wildfires Nationwide, New Report Warns
By The New York Times
A warmer world makes for a more combustible country. That’s the conclusion in the most comprehensive assessment of the effects of climate change on the United States, released by the Trump administration just weeks after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history.
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A ‘Climate Emergency’ Was Declared in New York City. Will That Change Anything?
By The New York Times
The city is now the largest on earth to pass such a measure.
Farm-to-Table Living Takes Root
By The New York Times
The neighborhood is called Agritopia, and it’s one of a growing number of so-called agrihoods, residential developments where a working farm is the central feature, in the same way that other communities may cluster around a golf course, pool or fitness center.
So You Want to Join a Community-Supported Agriculture Group
By The New York Times
Before joining, ask what kind of agriculture is supported by your membership, and ask yourself what your priorities are.
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How To Be A More Conscious Consumer, Even If You Are On A Budget
By The New York Times
Most of us financially support companies we might not necessarily support socially, ethically or philosophically.
Why You Should Care About Vegan Beauty
By The New York Times
How a super-niche category got to be so buzzy.
Save Money and Reset Your Financial Life with a Shopping Ban
By The New York Times
What about forgoing the act of shopping altogether?
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The New Generation of Self-Created Utopias
By The New York Times
As so-called intentional communities proliferate across the country, a subset of Americans is discovering the value of opting out of contemporary society.
My Year of No shopping
By The New York Times
The best thing to do with the best things in life is give them up.
Spend, Spend, Spend. It's the American Way.
By The New York Times
More than any other country, The US elevates consumer spending to a virtue, sometimes minimizing saving. There is even an idea here that it is patriotic to spend, rather than to save.
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2019 Was the Second-Hottest Year Ever, Closing Out the Warmest Decade
By The New York Times
The past decade was the hottest on record, government researchers announced on Wednesday, the latest sign of global warming’s grip on the planet. And 2019 was the second-warmest year ever, they said, just shy of the record set in 2016.
Climate Change Is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
By The New York Times
We know. Global warming is daunting. So here’s a place to start: 17 often-asked questions with some straightforward answers.
Large Sections of Australia's Great Reef are now Dead, Scientists Find
By The New York Times
Huge sections of the Great Barrier Reef, stretching across hundreds of miles of its most pristine northern sector, were recently found to be dead, killed last year by overheated seawater.
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A Respite from Record Losses, but Tropical Forests Are Still in trouble
By The New York Times
Forests, both in tropical and more temperate regions, play an important role in combating climate change, and estimates are that they are declining in size overall.
To Tell the Story of Biodiversity Loss, make it about Humans
By The New York Times
The authors of a sweeping United Nations report on species in danger of extinction faced the same question I often do in reporting: Why should anyone care about the loss of nature?
Era of Biological Annihilation is underway scientists warn
By The New York Times
From the common barn swallow to the exotic giraffe, thousands of animal species are in precipitous decline, a sign that an irreversible era of mass extinction is underway, new research finds.
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Climate Change Is Accelerating, Bringing World ‘Dangerously Close’ to Irreversible Change
By The New York Times
More devastating fires in California. Persistent drought in the Southwest. Record flooding in Europe and Africa. A heat wave, of all things, in Greenland.
Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change
By The New York Times
This narrative by Nathaniel Rich is a work of history, addressing the 10-year period from 1979 to 1989: the decisive decade when humankind first came to a broad understanding of the causes and dangers of climate change.