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Climate Archive

Archives for October 2023

Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts
Future Perfect

Electric cars are crucial, but not enough to solve climate change. We can’t let them crowd out car-free transit options.

By David Zipper
Climate
Why more fossil fuel workers aren’t joining the clean energy revolutionWhy more fossil fuel workers aren’t joining the clean energy revolution
Climate

The auto industry strike is one facet of the mounting tension between the energy transition and workers who could lose their jobs.

By Umair Irfan
Video
How China is designing flood-resistant citiesHow China is designing flood-resistant cities
Play
Video

It’s time to redesign cities for climate change.

By Halley Brown
The propane industry’s weird obsession with school buses, explained
Climate

Electric school buses are better for kids’ health. The propane industry has other ideas.

By Rebecca Leber
Climate
Hurricanes are surprising meteorologists with how rapidly they intensifyHurricanes are surprising meteorologists with how rapidly they intensify
Climate

Hurricane Otis defied forecasts and exploded into a deadly storm overnight.

By Umair Irfan and Benji Jones
Down to Earth
Water-hungry golf courses plague Arizona’s native javelina-filled landscapeWater-hungry golf courses plague Arizona’s native javelina-filled landscape
Down to Earth

A herd of javelinas damaged a ritzy golf course in Arizona. Golf courses have done more damage.

By Benji Jones
Future Perfect
The World Bank can bring the world’s poor into the clean energy revolutionThe World Bank can bring the world’s poor into the clean energy revolution
Future Perfect

World Bank veteran Masood Ahmed explains why the 80-year-old lender should make a comeback, fueling the green transition.

By Dylan Matthews
Video
Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help?Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help?
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Video

Changing the diet of cows might help them release less methane.

By Kimberly Mas
Future Perfect
This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry.This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry.
Future Perfect

Almost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it.

By Kenny Torrella
These strange underwater animals could save our lives. If we don’t destroy them first.
Down to Earth

Deep-sea mining threatens the world’s untapped and unknown underwater pharmacies.

By Benji Jones
Climate
Airlines say they’ve found a route to climate-friendly flyingAirlines say they’ve found a route to climate-friendly flying
Climate

Cleaner, faster, cheaper — the aviation industry’s plan to decarbonize air travel, explained.

By Umair Irfan
Climate
Why Biden’s multibillion-dollar bet on hydrogen energy is such a big dealWhy Biden’s multibillion-dollar bet on hydrogen energy is such a big deal
Climate

Clean hydrogen can be a lot dirtier than it seems, especially when the fossil fuel industry gets involved.

By Rebecca Leber
Down to Earth
It’s not just Paris. There’s a “global resurgence” of bedbugs.It’s not just Paris. There’s a “global resurgence” of bedbugs.
Down to Earth

It’s a bedbug’s world now. We’re just sleeping in it.

By Benji Jones
Climate
What happens if you force companies to reveal how much they contribute to climate change?What happens if you force companies to reveal how much they contribute to climate change?
Climate

California wants to find out.

By Umair Irfan
Today, Explained podcast
What Salt Lake City gets right about downtownWhat Salt Lake City gets right about downtown
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Salt Lake City could be a model for downtown development — if it figures out how to address its environmental problems.

By Miles Bryan