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Impacts
neil vora climate the last of us
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Neil Vora: ‘The Last of Us’ is right. Our warming planet is a petri dish

Scientists like me worry that climate change and ecosystem destruction may be creating opportunities for fungal pathogens to grow more infectious, spread over larger distances and reach more people.

Causes
The hidden costs of cheap meat
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The hidden costs of cheap meat

The animal rights activist Leah Garcés discusses how modern meat production harms animals, people and the environment.
Impacts
How the human life span doubled in 100 years
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How the human life span doubled in 100 years

Between 1920 and 2020, the average human life span doubled. How did we do it? Science mattered — but so did activism.
Politics
We’re all casualties of Trump's war on coronavirus science
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We’re all casualties of Trump's war on coronavirus science

The administration kneecaps experts as the coronavirus rages.
Solutions
Will the coronavirus crisis trump the climate crisis?
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Will the coronavirus crisis trump the climate crisis?

The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the post-pandemic world.
Causes
Eliza Blue: A shortage of steak? Yes, and ranchers knew it was coming
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Eliza Blue: A shortage of steak? Yes, and ranchers knew it was coming

The pandemic has laid bare the instability of the industrialized food chain.
Politics
Coronavirus doesn’t slow Trump’s regulatory rollbacks
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Coronavirus doesn’t slow Trump’s regulatory rollbacks

As much of his government battles the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump is pushing ahead with major reversals of environmental regulations, including a restriction on scientific research that some doctors worry would complicate future pandemic controls.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Miners standing in a tunnel in front of equipment.

Trump plan would close dozens of mine safety offices, leaving coal towns exposed

Three smokestacks with smoke coming out of them.

Coal-fired electricity spikes as gas prices rise, pushing up U.S. emissions

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New wildfire hazard maps expand zones for millions of Californians

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

CLIMATE
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Young climate lawsuit ends after a decade without Supreme Court review

Facade of the National Institutes of Health.

NIH shuts down future research into climate change health impacts