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Climate

Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues

Climate

Climate change is already making parts of America uninsurable

By Umair Irfan

Climate

A big El Niño is looming. Here’s what it means for our weather.

By Umair Irfan

The Highlight

We need the right kind of climate optimism

By Hannah Ritchie

In defense of flies. Yes, really.

By Benji Jones May 29

UN numbers say meat is bad for the climate. The reality is worse.

By Sophie Kevany May 27

The historic deal to save the Colorado River, explained

By Benji Jones May 23

Volcanoes have erupted in Mexico and Italy. Here are 7 things to know about volcanoes.

By Umair Irfan May 23

America’s best idea to protect its oceans has one big problem: It’s not working

By Benji Jones May 23

It’s not just climate disasters. “Normal” weather is getting weirder, too.

By Umair Irfan May 17

4 winners and 1 loser in the EPA’s historic move to limit power plant pollution

By Rebecca Leber May 13

Eat more beans. Please.

By Julieta Cardenas May 12

A giant patch of seaweed is growing to record sizes in the Atlantic. Sorry, Florida.

By Benji Jones May 11

The EPA’s long-delayed new rules for power plant pollution, explained

By Rebecca Leber May 11

The nationalist dark side of Joe Biden’s climate policies

By Dylan Matthews May 9

A frightening virus is killing a massive number of wild birds

By Benji Jones May 9

Why most car dealers still don’t have any electric vehicles

By Umair Irfan May 8

The gas industry is losing its most valuable customer: Blue states

By Rebecca Leber May 4

Should we reflect sunlight to cool the planet?

By Christina Thornell May 4

The most mysterious forests on Earth are underwater

By Benji Jones May 3

Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained

By Umair Irfan May 1

How to fix clean energy’s storage problem

By Sam Ellis April 27

Bringing back woolly mammoths and dodos is a bad idea

By Dayton Martindale April 26

7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day

By Umair Irfan and Rebecca Leber April 21

The 100-year-old mistake that’s reshaping the American West

By Samantha Oltman, Brian Resnick, and 2 more April 21

These 8 species depend on the Colorado River. What happens as it dries up?

By Benji Jones April 21

The big problem with cement, and how to fix it

By Laura Bult April 20

The devil lurking in the dust

By Keren Landman April 20

Why Asia’s early heat wave is so alarming

By Rebecca Leber April 19

Are 8 billion people too many — or too few?

By Bryan Walsh April 19

Let’s talk about the biggest cause of the West’s water crisis

By Kenny Torrella April 19

The air we breathe was getting better. Then climate change hit.

By Rebecca Leber April 19

You — yes, you — are going to pay for the century-old mistake that’s draining the Colorado River

By Benji Jones April 18

The worst-case scenario for drought on the Colorado River

By Umair Irfan April 17

These adorable tiny owls are thriving in the most unlikely place

By Benji Jones April 15

Colorado River states brace for the biggest water cuts ever

By Benji Jones April 13

The EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problem

By Umair Irfan April 12

The climate apocalypse is also a religious crisis

By Alissa Wilkinson April 12

The largest habitat on Earth is finally getting protection

By Benji Jones April 10

A renter’s guide to the Inflation Reduction Act

By Rebecca Leber April 7

The tricky plan for “negative emissions”

By Joss Fong April 6

The thread that ties the recent chemical spills together

By Rebecca Leber April 2

Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter.

By Rebecca Leber March 29

To make the present feel more meaningful, think beyond it

By Richard Fisher March 29