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The gas-powered Valley Generating Station on March 10th, 2017 in Sun Valley, California.

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Trump Wants to End Worst-Case Climate Scenario Modeling. Here’s Why That Matters.

The president wants to limit the scope of federal climate assessments, which will leave policymakers and the public unprepared to deal with the consequences of climate change.

The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity on May 14th, 2007, in Byron, Illinois.

Going Nuclear Might Be the Best Way to Combat Climate Change

Without federal policy supporting nuclear energy, we'll run out of time to decarbonize.

Waves lap the north coast of Tangier Island, an area known as Uppards that was inhabited until 1929. Grave markers of the local population's ancestors are regularly found on these eroded beaches.

Environment

Will Republican Climate Change Proposals Work?

As conservative opinion shifts, lawmakers like Matt Gaetz and Lamar Alexander have put forward solutions that focus on "innovation" at the expense of regulation.

President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 1st, 2017.

A Bill to Honor Paris Agreement Goals Could Be the First Climate Legislation to Pass the House This Year

Though the vote is expected to be along party lines, the bill is more likely to gain the support of some Republicans than previous climate legislation.

Then-Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres (center) celebrates with Laurence Tubiana, the French ambassador for climate (left), and Laurent Fabius, the French minister for foreign affairs (right), after adopting the historic Paris Agreement at the COP21 Climate Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on December 12th, 2015.

Ideas

Christiana Figueres: Mujeres Sin Miedo Liderarán la Acción Climática

Lo que me da esperanza es el activismo y trabajo colaborativo que he visto entre las mujeres jóvenes de diversos orígenes.

Christiana Figueres

Then-Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres (center) celebrates with Laurence Tubiana, the French ambassador for climate (left), and Laurent Fabius, the French minister for foreign affairs (right), after adopting the historic Paris Agreement at the COP21 Climate Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on December 12th, 2015.

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Christiana Figueres: Fearless Women Will Lead on Climate Action

What gives me hope is the activism and collaborative work I've seen among young women from diverse backgrounds.

Christiana Figueres

Coal on display at the Polish pavilion during COP24 in Katowice, Poland, on December 3rd, 2018.

At COP24, Poland Unveils a Declaration to Protect Its Forests

Environmentalists are concerned that Poland's declaration could be used as an excuse to continue burning coal.

Environmental protesters from France take part in a march to call for the political and economic reforms needed to combat climate change at COP24 on December 8th, 2018, in Katowice, Poland.

How Oil Companies Are Still Undermining the Paris Agreement

Climate advocates respond to a Shell executive's claim that the oil giant influenced the text of the Paris Agreement.

Protesters demonstrate on the sidelines of the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) summit on December 8th, 2018, in Katowice, Poland.

Over a Dozen Climate Activists Denied Entry to Poland Amid Crackdown

Civil society says the Polish government is violating human rights and undermining the global climate negotiations by denying entry or deporting climate advocates.

The plenary hall at COP 24 in Katowice, Poland, on December 3rd, 2018.

‘The Virus Is Spreading’: A Conversation With Harjeet Singh at COP24

A veteran climate finance expert explains the funding questions that could make or break the Paris rulebook.