News in Brief Obama’s Clean Power Plan, by the Numbers How much will it cost, and what will it do for America's environment and health? Francie Diep
Environment Existing Carbon-Cutting Rules Won’t Get Us to Our Climate Goal Where else can we cut? Brian Palmer
Environment It’s the End of the Beginning of the End for Coal The government has suspended new coal leases on federal land. The coal industry may never recover. Brian Palmer
News in Brief World Leaders Have Promised to Fix the Climate, but the Real Work Will Fall to Cities, Businesses, and You Cities, states, and businesses—not just those world leaders in Paris—will save us from climate change. Here’s what they’re going to do. Brian Palmer
Economics Where Should All the Coal Miners Go? The evidence on conventional job re-training programs is unimpressive, which is bad news for the thousands of coal workers who are likely to lose their jobs in the coming years. Dwyer Gunn
Environment Five Things President Obama Could Do to Help the Arctic—Ground Zero for Climate Change A should-do list for the president's three-day trip to Alaska. Alisa Opar
Environment Smoke From Bigger, Hotter Wildfires Can Inflame Health Problems for Thousands of Miles Wildfires may be harming the health of people who live hundreds or thousands of miles from the flames. Alisa Opar
Environment Hot Takes: The Best Climate Change Reporting of the Past Year A compilation of some of the best journalism in the months leading up to Barack Obama’s historic action to address climate change. Marcelo Rochabrun
Economics Economy, Not Natural Gas, Cut U.S. Emissions A study finds that economic recession led to an 11-percent decline in carbon emissions, which could spell trouble for the future. Nathan Collins