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Fossil Fuels
April 9, 2019
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Meehan Crist
Down to Earth
Why is the story of climate catastrophe so hard to tell?
August 1, 2018
Emily Atkin
Who’s to Blame for Global Warming?
The latest issue of New York Times Magazine offers a surprising, controversial answer.
December 25, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Tax Bill’s Gift to Big Coal
The legislation is a boon to fossil fuel companies not only because of what it includes, but what it doesn't.
November 9, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump to World: Fossil Fuels Are Good for You
No longer content to just deny climate change, the administration is now making the moral case for burning oil and coal.
October 20, 2017
Emily Atkin
We don’t have to choose between growing the economy and fighting climate change.
July 6, 2017
Emily Atkin
Fossil fuels get $72 billion a year from G20 countries. Clean energy gets much less.
May 30, 2017
Emily Atkin
What Is Scott Pruitt Hiding?
The EPA administrator's media aversion, unavailable public schedule, and a history of industry favors are raising red flags.
February 28, 2017
Abby Rabinowitz
Can the World Beat Climate Change Without the U.S.?
With Donald Trump creating a leadership void, other countries must build on the momentum of the Paris agreement.
December 16, 2015
Arthur Neslen
A Coal Lobby Boss Just Compared His Industry to the Slave Trade
December 8, 2015
Julian Spector
The U.S. Will Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—Until After the Paris Climate Talks
Officials postponed the auction of an oil and gas development lease until next spring
December 2, 2015
Tim McDonnell
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Bankrolling the Paris Climate Talks
Some of the event's sponsors might be part of the problem, not the solution.
May 21, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Divestment Won't Hurt Big Oil, and That's OK
March 2, 2015
Elaine Teng
China's Version of "An Inconvenient Truth" Went Viral. Now the Government Is Cracking Down.
October 3, 2014
Jeffrey Ball
The Oil v. Coal Showdown Is Going to the Next Level
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