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Climate change
Wildfires in April signal growing costs of climate change
Apr 26, 2022
What to do when fuel for fires seems infinite, but resources to fight fires is decidedly finite?
Farmers, ranchers in the Southwest adapt to the region's worst drought in more than 1,000 years
Feb 16, 2022
Some are selling cattle. Others are changing the crops the grow.
In addressing the housing shortage, we might need to rethink the way housing policy works
by
Amy Scott
and Sean McHenry
Feb 10, 2022
A new book by Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sheds light on possible solutions.
What would it take to reach net-zero global emissions by 2050?
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Feb 10, 2022
A new report from McKinsey says that achieving net zero by the middle of the century will require over $9 trillion in annual spending between now and then.
As electric pickup trucks come to market — slowly — lots of interest and long waits
Feb 9, 2022
“On the supply side, it's very clear that they were not planning for such a high demand,” one expert told us.
Flood risk to rise more than 25% in the next few decades because of climate change
Feb 2, 2022
As the climate shifts, the rise in flood risk will disproportionately affect Black communities.
How much is climate a factor in where people are moving?
by
Dan Kraker
Jan 28, 2022
Duluth, Minnesota, is welcoming people who say they are moving away from places like California because of climate concerns.
For public good, not for profit.
Why it's so hard to pass climate crisis legislation in the U.S.
by
Amy Scott
and Richard Cunningham
Jan 27, 2022
The American political system makes it easier to block change than to create it, explains Shannon Osaka of Grist.
How do you calculate a company's carbon footprint? The SEC is figuring that out.
by
Lily Jamali
Jan 19, 2022
Emissions by a company's suppliers and customers could count towards the total.
One year in, Biden's clean energy and climate agenda are in the balance
by
Andy Uhler
Jan 19, 2022
The bipartisan infrastructure bill’s passage was a win for the administration’s climate agenda, but many think Biden's commitment to climate policy lies at the feet of the Build Back Better bill.