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‘How do you laugh about death?’: the comedians tackling climate change

Comedians and comedy programs have started to find ways to speak to the climate crisis in their work but how can something so heavy create laughter?
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Late-night shows are teaming up to tackle climate change

Seven of TV’s most popular late-night programs and hosts, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Samantha Bee, plan to address the subject on the night of Sept. 22.
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Portland man mining climate change for laughs – and action

Portland man mining climate change for laughs – and action

Eco-cleaner and aspiring comic Jason Wentworth was living a so-called sustainable life – until he realized he wasn't.
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Climate change is no joking matter. Except, this week, it was.
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Climate change is no joking matter. Except, this week, it was.

Global warming made the rounds on the late-night comedy shows this week. It was funny, but do jokes blunt the message that climate change is a threat? Hardly, experts say.
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Shanxi province faces difficult path away from coal as China pushes clean energy

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Texas growth and lax rules put more homes in harm’s way from flood disasters

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Trump administration moves to shut down critical storm research lab in Oklahoma

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

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Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen

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Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

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Burning fossil fuels linked to 1,500 deaths in Europe’s latest heat wave