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June 23, 2022

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Planet

A Hotter, Poorer, and Less Free America

Robinson Meyer

June 15, 2022

The Statue of Liberty's torch has dark smoke pouring out of it

Planet

The Democrats Really Are That Dense About Climate Change

Robinson Meyer

May 11, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during the annual Aspen Ideas Climate Conference at the The New World Center on May 09, 2022, in Miami Beach, Florida.

Planet

There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’

Robinson Meyer

April 27, 2022

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Planet

The 1.5-Degree Goal Is All But Dead

Robinson Meyer

April 6, 2022

Kaitara Kautu, a net fisherman whose home flooded during last year's king tide in Betio, a town on the island of South Tarawa in Kiribati, stands on a rock in the middle of turquoise-colored water; a net rests on his left shoulder, and large ships sit in the distance.

Planet

The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated

Robinson Meyer

March 30, 2022

Planet

American Companies Can’t Sugarcoat Their Carbon Pollution Anymore

Robinson Meyer

March 23, 2022

Smoke stacks at an oil refinery are shown against a gray sky

Planet

On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem

Robinson Meyer

March 9, 2022

View of a cloud plume after the nuclear detonation codenamed Mike, Enewetak, Marshall Islands, November 1, 1952. The detonation, the first of two in 'Operation Ivy,' was also the first successful hydrogen bomb.

Planet

Biden’s Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap

Robinson Meyer

February 9, 2022

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Science

The Utility of White-Hot Rage

Emma Marris

January 25, 2022

Demonstrators shout slogans during a global youth climate action strike in Madrid.

Science

It’s Not Just Manchin

Robinson Meyer

January 12, 2022

Technology

The World Is Half-Prepared for a Different Energy Future

Robinson Meyer

January 5, 2022

Science

We’re Heading Toward a Very American Climate Tragedy

Robinson Meyer

December 22, 2021

Newsletters

A New Estimate of the ‘Most Effective’ Way to Fight Climate Change

Robinson Meyer

December 15, 2021

Members of Sunrise Movement stand in front of the Capitol during a press conference.

Science

Climate Advocates Are Gambling With Fate

Robinson Meyer

December 1, 2021

This photo taken on November 14, 2020, shows an employee working in the workshop of a lithium battery manufacturing company in Huaibei, eastern China's Anhui province

Planet

Climate Hype Might Be the Ticket to Decarbonization

Robinson Meyer

November 12, 2021

A collage of the Earth, a smokestack, John Kerry, a tree, and the Glasgow skyline

Global

The Real Reason Behind Bolsonaro’s Climate Promises

Yasmeen Serhan

November 12, 2021

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Three Hints About Our Climate Future

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

November 11, 2021

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Global

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

Yasmeen Serhan

November 8, 2021

Protesters hold signs while marching in a demonstration near the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Science

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

Emma Marris

November 3, 2021

A hand holds up a globe with red and black squiggles coming off it like fire

Newsletters

Steel Is Back

Robinson Meyer

November 3, 2021

A worker in a protective suit oversees molten iron flowing from a blast furnace at the ThyssenKrupp steel mill in Duisburg, Germany.

Science

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

Robinson Meyer

October 28, 2021

Science

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

Robinson Meyer

October 27, 2021

illustration of a dollar sign emitting a flare of smoke

Planet

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

Robinson Meyer

October 20, 2021

A long exposure of a passing storm over the horizon of the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast. The long exposure renders the clouds as an abstract blur of motion and color and the setting sun highlights the higher clouds with a warm glow while the lower clouds are dark and brooding.

Science

The Mystery of Why Our Ancestors Left Africa

Josie Glausiusz and Sapiens

October 19, 2021

Science

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Robinson Meyer

October 16, 2021

A black-and-white image of a transmission tower photographed from underneath

Ideas

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Joyashree Roy

October 9, 2021

An offshore rig laid over the Bangladesh flag

Science

Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Robinson Meyer

October 1, 2021

Science

Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster

Robinson Meyer

September 21, 2021

Hundreds of young climate activists rally in Lafayette Square on the north side of the White House on June 28, 2021.

Politics

A World Without Children

Emma Green

September 20, 2021

A black-and-white image of a baby with a red globe as his head

Science

When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable

Robinson Meyer

September 7, 2021

Emergency workers try to douse the smoldering remains of a banquet hall fire after the remnants of Hurricane Ida and its torrential rains tore through the area, in Manville, N.J., Sept. 3, 2021.

Politics

Unimaginable Weather Has Become Unavoidable

Ronald Brownstein

August 26, 2021

A river in Colorado flows through hillsides burned in the Cameron Peak Fire. The trees are stark and black, burnt, and the soil around them is beige and gray.

Science

How the U.S. Could Slash Climate Pollution by 2030

Robinson Meyer

August 24, 2021

A smokestack billows vapor into a white sky

Global

When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen

Yasmeen Serhan

August 14, 2021

Silhouette of George Soros with a torn photo of Greta Thunberg's eyes placed over it.

Global

The Far-Right View on Climate Politics

Yasmeen Serhan

August 10, 2021

Ideas

I’ve Hit My Climate Tipping Point

Helen Lewis

August 9, 2021

A forest burning in Turkey on August 6, 2021.

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‘I’ve Seen Several Giants Die on My Land’

A Hotter, Poorer, and Less Free America

The Democrats Really Are That Dense About Climate Change

There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’

The 1.5-Degree Goal Is All But Dead

The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated

American Companies Can’t Sugarcoat Their Carbon Pollution Anymore

On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem

Biden’s Biggest Idea on Climate Change Is Remarkably Cheap

The Utility of White-Hot Rage

It’s Not Just Manchin

The World Is Half-Prepared for a Different Energy Future

We’re Heading Toward a Very American Climate Tragedy

A New Estimate of the ‘Most Effective’ Way to Fight Climate Change

Climate Advocates Are Gambling With Fate

Climate Hype Might Be the Ticket to Decarbonization

The Real Reason Behind Bolsonaro’s Climate Promises

The Atlantic Daily: Three Hints About Our Climate Future

Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?

We’re Heading Straight for a Demi-Armageddon

Steel Is Back

Biden’s Amazing, Disappointing Climate Triumph

Democrats Might Give Up on a Methane Tax, and Maybe That’s Okay

The Key Insight That Defined 50 Years of Climate Science

The Mystery of Why Our Ancestors Left Africa

Biden Cannot Declare Victory on Climate Without One of These Policies

Bangladesh Really Is a Climate Success Story

Big Business Is Bankrolling an Effort to Kill the Democratic Climate Bill

Democrats May Be on the Verge of Climate Disaster

A World Without Children

When the Climate Crisis Becomes Unignorable

Unimaginable Weather Has Become Unavoidable

How the U.S. Could Slash Climate Pollution by 2030

When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen

The Far-Right View on Climate Politics

I’ve Hit My Climate Tipping Point