Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue
Dating back centuries, a legal principle declares certain natural resources must be protected by the government for present and future generations to benefit from.
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As climate change warms the Northeast, some snowshoe hares stay brown all year
Snowshoe hares in warmer zones have thinner fur, and some are not turning white in winter. As climate change warms the Northeast, will this species adapt?
Climate change will displace millions in coming decades. Nations should prepare now to help them
By 2050, climate change impacts such as storms and drought could displace up to 300 million people worldwide. Nations should recognize ‘climate migrants’ and make plans for aiding and resettling them.
Climate change is muting fall colors, but it’s just the latest way that humans have altered US forests
Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.
How climate change is driving emigration from Central America
Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too.
China’s climate change record: Beijing tends to meet its targets, but sets the bar too low
China has a tendency to underpromise so it can overdeliver.
The National Climate Assessment is broken – appointing Matthew Wielicki to lead it won’t help
What communities and businesses really need is information they can act on, with examples of what’s worked elsewhere and why – and what fails.
From border security to climate change, national emergency declarations raise hard questions about presidential power
Declaring an issue is a national emergency lets presidents act quickly and with few constraints. But once they get this kind of power, it’s hard to take it back – and it can produce bad policies.
Has climate change really improved U.S. weather?
Extreme weather has an outsized impact on everyday life. Focusing on average weather patterns may make Americans dangerously complacent about how climate change is already affecting our lives.
Trump’s energy and climate change order: Seven essential reads
President Trump’s latest executive order weakens or reverses multiple rules and policies designed to slow climate change. Scholars explain the order’s impact.
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