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  • A climate scientist’s top 5 takeaways from the latest IPCC climate report

    August 9, 2021

    EDF Voices

  • New IPCC report zeroes in on urgency of reducing methane

    August 9, 2021

    Energy Exchange

  • A U.S. economy-wide methane target: essential, achievable, affordable

    March 22, 2021

    Energy Exchange

  • A U.S. economy-wide methane target: essential, achievable, affordable

    March 19, 2021

    Climate411

  • What you need to know about hurricanes and climate change

    August 27, 2020

    Climate411

  • The coronavirus crisis was already bad. Extreme heat waves are making it worse.

    July 17, 2020

    EDF Voices

  • 5 reasons why your warmer winter is so alarming

    February 12, 2020

    EDF Voices

  • Long considered a “clean” energy source, hydropower can actually be bad for climate

    November 15, 2019

    Energy Exchange

  • Record-warm oceans: How worried should we be?

    February 22, 2019

    EDF Voices

  • How can half a degree of warming matter so much?

    October 18, 2018

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