A forest fire rages in California in November 2018.
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Increasingly severe losses for insurers due to climate change could result in a global financial crisis.
Yolanda Renee King, the grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr., alongside Jaclyn Corin, a Parkland survivor and activist.
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These youngsters have ample fervor, and they are dramatically photogenic. Dismissing them as being fake or lightweight can spell trouble for members of the establishment.
The Chickamauga Dam, completed in 1940, was a crowning achievement of the New Deal.
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The original New Deal caused a “great acceleration” in carbon emissions. How will a Green New Deal forge its own legacy?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the main champion of the Green New Deal proposal.
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The Green New Deal has shifted the debate over what to do about climate change.
Newly-elected US Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is co-author of the New Green Deal which proposes massively expanding the budget deficit as a way of supporting both the environment and the economy.
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There are limits on how much governments can spend without earning, although increasingly politicians are behaving as if there are not.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveils the Green New Deal resolution.
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By making people confront the scale of the climate challenge, the Green New Deal is a great leap forward.
Critics say the U.S. can’t afford a Green New Deal.
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Democrats such as Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey are proposing an ambitious decarbonization plan that critics are calling unaffordable. A green economist explains how the US could pay for it.
The world’s biggest thermosolar power complex is in Morocco.
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Climate justice policies could potentially double as tools of colonialism that harm people outside the US.
This is what a 5-megawatt, lithium-ion energy storage system looks like.
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Energy storage could prove an inexpensive way for power companies to handle heat waves and other times when consumers use more electricity than usual.
Most Norwegian road-worthy cars are conventional despite its EV boom.
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There are precedents regarding power generation and ethanol but no nation has ever achieved as comprehensive and dramatic this fast.
Assembling capacitors for electric automobiles at SBE, Inc. in Barre, Vermont, July 16, 2010. SBE received a $9 million stimulus grant to build electric drive components.
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An Obama administration veteran offers some insights from his experience about driving massive increases in clean energy.
Agriculture is a unique sector for a just transition.
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Agriculture needs to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, yet we must also find a way to produce more food if we are to feed 10 billion people by 2050. A “just transition” could help make that happen.
Installing smart meters saves energy and creates jobs.
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It’s often more effective, cheaper and less controversial than other efforts to confront climate change.
The Flint Hills Resources oil refinery, near downtown Houston.
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The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
Testing new ways to use this technology is underway in Japan.
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These technologies could turn into a powerful tool for fighting global warming, and they have the potential to address historical climate injustices.
Coal smokestacks are seen peeking through the clouds in Kentucky. Both Canada and the U.S. need Green New Deals to help create healthy and sustainable economies that are no longer reliant on fossil fuels.
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A Green New Deal would confront both climate change and social inequality. Its prospects in the United States are uncertain, but Canada should endeavour to develop one of its own anyway.
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From Winston Churchill to the Industrial Strategy Commission: laying down the markers for success.