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The blue-collar workers left behind by the green economy

A California oil refinery shut down during the pandemic. A year later, former employees were not all right.
Opinion

I dare you to stop proliferating fossil fuels

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty helped us not kill each other and all life on Earth. Can we follow the same steps to avoid mutually assured climate destruction?

Alex Trembath, Vijaya Ramachandran: The Malthusians are back

Climate activists who worry that the world has too many people are joining an ugly tradition.

Cruise ship invasion

Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.

In India, sacred groves are helping resurrect a near-extinct forest ecosystem

Botanists and community stewards from Auroville, Tamil Nadu, are using scattered patches of native forest as a blueprint to revive the tropical dry evergreen forest ecosystems of coastal India.

Electric vehicles are a status symbol now

The experience of owning, charging, and driving an electric vehicle makes the rising inequality of America more visible in new and subtle ways.
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Electric vehicles are bringing out the worst in us

The downside of heavy, overpowered trucks and SUVs.

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