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Climate Archive

Archives for April 2023

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How to fix clean energy’s storage problemHow to fix clean energy’s storage problem
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We can’t truly switch to renewable energy without a breakthrough.

By Sam Ellis
Future Perfect
Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad ideaBringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea
Future Perfect

De-extinction isn’t worth the ethical cost.

By Dayton Martindale
Science
7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day
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The most important environmental policies advanced since the last Earth Day.

By Umair Irfan and Rebecca Leber
The 100-year-old mistake that’s reshaping the American West
The Highlight

What happens if the Colorado River keeps drying up?

By Brian Resnick, Adam Clark Estes and 2 more
These 8 species depend on the Colorado River. What happens as it dries up?
The Highlight

Wildlife needs water, too.

By Benji Jones
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The big problem with cement, and how to fix itThe big problem with cement, and how to fix it
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Concrete emits a ton of carbon. Here’s how we get it to net zero.

By Laura Bult
The devil lurking in the dust
The Highlight

How extreme weather is driving a deadly fungus further into the American West

By Keren Landman, MD
Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?
The Highlight

Welcome to the population paradox of the 21st century.

By Bryan Walsh
Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis
The Highlight

The Colorado River is going dry ... to feed cows.

By Kenny Torrella
You — yes, you — are going to pay for the century-old mistake that’s draining the Colorado River
The Highlight

A huge amount of US food is grown in the desert using water from a river that’s drying up.

By Benji Jones
The worst-case scenario for drought on the Colorado River
The Highlight

One in eight Americans depend on a river that’s disappearing.

By Umair Irfan
These adorable tiny owls are thriving in the most unlikely place
Down to Earth

Plot twist: Humans have accidentally helped save some animals, for once.

By Benji Jones
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How solar energy got so cheapHow solar energy got so cheap
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Cheap solar is a policy success story.

By Liz Scheltens
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Colorado River states brace for the biggest water cuts everColorado River states brace for the biggest water cuts ever
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Despite a very wet winter, Western states will have to severely cut water consumption.

By Benji Jones
Climate
The EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problemThe EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problem
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The regulations would be a cinder block on the gas pedal for EVs.

By Umair Irfan