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Rich people are boiling the planet

What’s one thing wealthy people of all nationalities have in common? Far higher emissions than the poorer people in their country.
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The Democrats fighting to protect the coastal elite

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What the Camp Fire revealed

Two months after disaster struck, the recovery in Paradise, California, is harder for some than for others.

David M. Lodge: As the climate worsens, wealth inequality will, too

Hurricanes are hitting our nation’s “have-nots” harder than anyone else.
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