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John T. Preston, Dennis Bushnell and Anthony Michaels: Iron dust could reverse the course of climate change

As crazy as it might sound, geoengineering the oceans by adding iron — in effect, fertilizing them — may offer the best, most effective and most affordable way not just to slow the march of global warming but to reverse its course by directly drawing carbon out of the atmosphere.

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The politics of climate change

With heat records set in southern Arizona and around the world, a new survey shows there is a big split on climate change and where it should be on the list of priorities.

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Michael Mann and Susan Joy Hassol: This heatwave is a climate omen. But it’s not too late to change course

The warming of the planet – including the most up-to-date data for 2023 – is entirely consistent with what climate modelers warned decades ago.

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Gaurab Basu and John Jay: Boston's summer heat is an issue of racial equity. 'Greening' our city is one solution

We will need to do far more than plant trees and increase green space to fully address climate change and gun violence, write Gaurab Basu and John Jay. But nature-based solutions have significant community-level health benefits and should play an important role in our public policy.

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Most Americans underestimate the popularity of policies to protect the climate

In reality, about two-thirds of Americans support transformative climate policies, like a carbon tax or Green New Deal.

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Ryan Costello and Francis Rooney: How to make climate change a bipartisan priority

As a divided Congress gets underway, the environmental movement must confront a fundamental, and perhaps uncomfortable, reality: The U.S. will not be able to successfully address climate change without bipartisanship.

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John T. Preston, Dennis Bushnell and Anthony Michaels: Iron dust could reverse the course of climate change

The politics of climate change

Michael Mann and Susan Joy Hassol: This heatwave is a climate omen. But it’s not too late to change course

Gaurab Basu and John Jay: Boston's summer heat is an issue of racial equity. 'Greening' our city is one solution

Most Americans underestimate the popularity of policies to protect the climate

Ryan Costello and Francis Rooney: How to make climate change a bipartisan priority

Andrew Koppelman and John Paul Stevens: Climate change and the Supreme Court’s version of police abolitionism

Jim Inhofe, climate change denier, dies at 89

A collaborative effort saves Clayoquot Sound's ancient forests

Companies use carbon markets to boost pesticide sales

Hollywood’s quest to cut carbon emissions

Some US cities are promoting themselves as climate refuges despite concerns

Supreme Court to rule on key environmental cases

Judges' interpretations of the law significantly impact climate policy

Amid LNG’s Gulf Coast expansion, community hopes to stand in its way