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The top 7 climate stories from 2021
Antarctica is barely hanging on
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
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 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