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The top 7 climate stories from 2021

Antarctica is barely hanging on

America’s wild weather week

Renewable energy booms but still falls short

Deadly floods soak Pacific Northwest, British Columbia

Everything from the second week of COP26 in 5 minutes

Everything from the first week of COP26 in 5 minutes

Countries’ climate commitments still fall short

Climate change tied to increasing health problems

Planet Days moves to Substack

Our transition to clean energy is too slow

Planet inches closer to energy crisis

American climate action in limbo

US and China step up climate action… for now

Current climate pledges will trigger catastrophic warming

Climate change is our greatest health threat

Hurricane Ida wreaks havoc across the US

America’s deadly, drenched weekends

Hundreds of thousands of deaths linked to extreme heat

Planet Week: IPCC: Climate change is here, and we’re responsible

Planet Week: Biden’s big electric vehicle push

Biden scores another infrastructure win (for now)

Planet Week: Wildfires, heat spread across United States

Planet Week: Europe’s aggressive plan to cut emissions

Planet Week: North America’s hottest June on record

Planet Week: Bipartisan infrastructure deal is light on climate

As Antarctica melts, we stand to lose much more than ice

Planet Week: Historic heat cripples West

Trump’s anti-environmental legacy looms over Biden

Planet Week: Keystone XL pipeline canceled

Planet Week: Climate change causes a third of heat deaths

A melting Arctic has global consequences

Planet Week: Big Oil’s bad news is the Planet’s good news

How Biden’s climate plan stacks up against IEA’s net-zero roadmap

Planet Week: The Planet has a “narrow” pathway to net-zero

California’s drought raises questions about the future of West

Planet Week: Cyberattack shuts down Colonial Pipeline

The state of vaccine diplomacy is a warning about climate aid

Planet Week: The fate of Antarctic ice is in our hands

Meat and fossil fuels have more in common than you think

The meat war is politics as usual, which sucks for climate action

Planet Week: Cutting methane is key to climate action

Countries ramp up ambition at Biden’s climate summit

Biden’s climate summit achieved its goals. Kind of.

Human activity is worsening California’s wildfires — but we‘re also part of the solution

Planet Week: Businesses pressure Biden on climate goals

We’re still a long way from ditching coal

Planet Week: Tampa’s toxic leak

We can’t fight climate change without China. But tensions are high

Planet Week: Biden unveils sweeping (green) infrastructure plan

Biden’s infrastructure plan is politics as much as policy

Planet Week: Australia underwater

Bad-news bias is overtaking climate coverage

The future of American climate action hinges on Biden’s infrastructure plan

Planet Week: Industrial fishing has a carbon problem

4 wildly different ways airlines are going net zero

Planet Week: The tropics may become unlivable

What if we can’t fix climate change?

Is budget reconciliation our last hope for climate action?

Planet Week: Emissions rebound to pre-pandemic levels

The filibuster blocks climate action, but eliminating it is worse

Planet Week: The Planet is way behind on climate goals

Texas is thawing, but the road to recovery is just starting

Anti-vaxxers are the new climate deniers

Texas freezes over

Texas blame ’em: When disasters turn political, we all lose

Don’t fall for just any climate pledge

Planet Week: Shell’s topsy-turvy week

Okay, so Biden declares a climate emergency — then what?

Planet Week: Food is killing wildlife and biodiversity

The Planet is over Tom Brady and all he stands for

Skip the party, not the plants: Vegan recipes for the Super Bowl

Biden’s climate plan is a jobs plan, but Republicans aren’t buying in

Biden’s Climate Day brings a second wave of climate action

Biden looks to climate and past presidents to shape his legacy

COVID-19 could reinvent global cities into climate-friendly machines

Biden’s first day is packed with climate action

Biden plays climate catch-up in first week. What’s next?

4 cheap New Year’s resolutions to cut your carbon footprint

Planet Week: 2020 rivals hottest year on record

Like it or not, big business is key to fighting climate change

Planet Week: What a Democrat-controlled Congress means for climate action

A Democrat-controlled Senate still faces major hurdles for climate action

Trump’s post-truth era threatens the environment as much as democracy