
Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
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Winner: Joe Biden. Loser: The coal industry.


It’s the most ambitious target to date, but it still may not be big enough to atone for our outsize emissions.


A conversation with Andrew Steer about the US Earth Day climate summit, and how he wants to spend Bezos’s money.


The annual pollenocalypse is here.


The logic and challenge behind the FDA and CDC’s decision to temporarily halt the one-shot vaccine.


His infrastructure plan calls for more EV chargers, incentives for buyers, and more US manufacturing.


The company said its Covid-19 vaccine developed with Oxford had 76 percent efficacy in the US after a rare public rebuke from the NIH.


The EU’s top health regulator ruled the vaccine “safe and effective” after a distribution pause.


Testing is critical for staying ahead of the new variants.


“The infrastructure we have built right now really isn’t ready.”