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

Why the US bears the most responsibility for climate change, in one chart

By Umair Irfan

Americans love clean energy. Do they care if it includes nuclear?

By David Roberts

To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature

By Greg Asner April 22

Young voters want more action on climate change — even if it hurts the economy

By Li Zhou April 22

Fox News has united the right against the Green New Deal. The left remains divided.

By David Roberts April 22

86 percent of teachers say kids should learn about climate change. Only 42 percent teach it.

By Umair Irfan April 22

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

By Brian Resnick April 22

This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.

By David Roberts April 22

10 ways to accelerate progress against climate change

By Eliza Barclay and Umair Irfan April 22

7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day

By Umair Irfan April 22

David Roberts went to Barcelona to report on urban sustainability. Ask him anything.

By Lauren Katz April 19

America’s record high energy consumption, explained in 3 charts

By Umair Irfan April 18

A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill

By David Roberts April 18

Puerto Rico is targeting 100% renewable energy. The Trump administration has other ideas.

By Umair Irfan April 17

Flight attendants know the real job killer isn’t the Green New Deal. It’s climate change.

By Sara Nelson April 17

Sen. Ed Markey: “We are now in the era of the Green New Deal”

By David Roberts April 16

Why is an MIT alum in Congress pretending he doesn’t know climate change is real?

By Emily Stewart April 12

Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?

By David Roberts April 12

A brief guide to David Bernhardt, Ryan Zinke’s replacement at the Interior Department

By Umair Irfan April 11

Barcelona’s superblocks are a new model for “post-car” urban living

By David Roberts April 11

It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.

By Umair Irfan April 11

Jay Inslee’s CNN town hall showed he wants to lead on climate. Voters have other priorities too.

By German Lopez April 11

Barcelona is pushing out cars and putting in superblocks. Here are the 2 biggest challenges ahead.

By David Roberts April 10

Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits

By Umair Irfan April 10

Barcelona’s radical plan to take back streets from cars

By David Roberts April 9

Barcelona wants to build 500 superblocks. Here’s what it learned from the first ones.

By David Roberts April 9

Forget cars. We need electric airplanes.

By Umair Irfan April 9

Netflix’s Our Planet focuses on the most important nature story of our time: loss

By Brian Resnick April 8

Barcelona’s remarkable history of rebirth and transformation

By David Roberts April 8

Cars dominate cities today. Barcelona has set out to change that.

By David Roberts April 8

“Innovation”: the latest GOP smokescreen on climate-change policy

By David Roberts April 6

4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom

By Umair Irfan and Javier Zarracina April 6

Trump’s EPA is fighting California over a fuel economy rule the auto industry doesn’t even want

By Umair Irfan April 6

Cholera is spreading in Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai

By Brian Resnick and Julia Belluz April 2

The Green New Deal, explained

By David Roberts March 30

The Green New Deal aims to get buildings off fossil fuels. These 6 places have already started.

By David Roberts March 30

The Green New Deal and the case against incremental climate policy

By David Roberts March 28

The Midwest floods are going to get much, much worse

By Umair Irfan March 27

Nancy Pelosi is trying to force Trump to return the US to the Paris climate agreement

By Umair Irfan March 27

Senate Democrats broadly shut down Republican trolling on the Green New Deal

By Li Zhou and Ella Nilsen March 26

Extreme weather has again damaged a major military base

By Umair Irfan March 25

Mitch McConnell wants a Green New Deal vote. Democrats should take him up on it.

By David Roberts March 25

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