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

A major Air Force base was damaged in the Nebraska flood

By Umair Irfan

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

By David Roberts

Photos: what Mozambique’s unfolding flooding catastrophe looks like

By Brian Resnick March 25

The Midwest floods are going to get much, much worse

By Umair Irfan March 25

Why this climate change data is on flip-flops, leggings, and cars

By Umair Irfan March 21

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

By David Roberts March 20

The spring equinox is Wednesday: 7 things to know about the first day of spring

By Brian Resnick March 20

Forget cars. We need electric airplanes.

By Umair Irfan March 19

Cyclone Idai: “The scale of devastation is enormous”

By Brian Resnick March 19

What the historic Midwest floods look like from space — and from the ground

By Brian Resnick and Kainaz Amaria March 19

As air pollution gets worse, a dystopian accessory is born

By Rose Eveleth March 19

Tourists are flocking to locations threatened by climate change. That only makes things worse.

By Aditi Shrikant March 18

Photos: kids in 123 countries went on strike to protect the climate

By Eliza Barclay and Kainaz Amaria March 17

Playing hooky to save the climate: why students are striking on March 15

By Umair Irfan March 14

The case for spraying (just enough) chemicals into the sky to fight climate change

By Sigal Samuel March 13

A “bomb cyclone” is bringing hurricane-force winds and blizzard to the Great Plains

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Resnick March 13

We need to talk about the ethics of having children in a warming world

By Umair Irfan March 11

What would it take to blow up an asteroid? The force of 10 million atomic bombs.

By Brian Resnick March 7

An Illinois bill leans into the most contentious part of the Green New Deal

By Umair Irfan March 7

Europe’s renewable energy policy is built on burning American trees

By Saul Elbein March 4

Meet the first Democrat running for president on climate change

By David Roberts March 1

Jay Inslee just launched a presidential campaign that will be all about climate change

By Ella Nilsen March 1

The Senate just confirmed a former coal lobbyist to lead the EPA

By Li Zhou February 28

How Trump’s EPA is letting environmental criminals off the hook, in one chart

By Umair Irfan February 27

The kids suing the government over climate change want to halt fossil fuel extraction

By Umair Irfan February 27

It is absolutely time to panic about climate change

By Sean Illing February 24

The Green New Deal, explained

By David Roberts February 23

This is an emergency, damn it

By David Roberts February 23

Pay attention to the growing wave of climate change lawsuits

By Umair Irfan February 22

Steve Irwin said, “My mission ... is to save wildlife.” He did.

By Brian Resnick February 22

Trump’s pick to chair new climate panel once said CO2 has been maligned like “Jews under Hitler”

By Aaron Rupar February 20

We have a new global tally of the insect apocalypse. It’s alarming.

By Brian Resnick February 18

Mudslides, snow, and flash floods: an atmospheric river has soaked California

By Umair Irfan February 15

California has 149 million dead trees ready to ignite like a matchbook

By Umair Irfan February 15

No, the Green New Deal won’t threaten the grid

By Umair Irfan February 15

A California coalition is tackling one of the hardest, unsexiest parts of climate policy

By David Roberts February 15

America’s trains are a drag. The Green New Deal wants to fix that.

By Umair Irfan February 13

Why Mitch McConnell is holding a vote on the Green New Deal

By Ella Nilsen February 12

Watch how the climate could change in these US cities by 2050

By Umair Irfan and Kavya Sukumar February 12

There’s now an official Green New Deal. Here’s what’s in it.

By David Roberts February 7

Read: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey’s Green New Deal Resolution

By Ella Nilsen February 7

2018 was one of the hottest years ever

By Umair Irfan February 7

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