Future-Proofing Your Town Sounds Great, Until You Try It
After a wildfire razed a Canadian town, its leaders pushed for climate-friendly rebuilding. Residents just wanted to come home.
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If Not Vegan, or Vegetarian, How About Chickentarian?
Chicken can be part of a climate-friendly diet; we’re just eating way too much of it.
The World Has a New Floor for Climate Ambition
This COP agreement is the least we can do on climate change.
The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Rosy Idea of Its Future
As Canada congratulated itself in Dubai on climate leadership, its oil executives milled about the climate conference.
A Radical Idea to Break the Logic of Oil Drilling
An unofficial proposal for a fossil-fuel-nonproliferation treaty is gaining popularity at the UN’s annual climate meeting.
The Hybrid-Car Dilemma
Americans are falling in love with hybrids. Why don’t car companies want to make them?
What Is Anyone Really Doing at COP?
The UN climate summit is the one place the countries suffering most from climate change can face down the countries causing it.
Elephants Might Have a Big Carbon Footprint
Even wild animals can aggravate climate change.
Something Big Just Happened at COP
Wealthy countries might finally pay for the climate change they caused.
Hydrogen Is Just Another Hole for Natural Gas to Fill
One of Joe Biden’s big climate bets follows an old familiar logic.