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Carbon credits could eventually play an important role in fighting climate change, but right now a few dollars’ worth won’t change much. …

Neither is being realistic about a smooth transition to renewable energy. …

In a Q&A with ProPublica, experts describe how a new climate reality threatens the Southwest, the fastest-growing region in the U.S. …

As rising seas increase saltwater intrusion and soaring temperatures cause greater evaporation, scientists say that the mounting levels of salt in waters and in soils pose a major climate-related danger and could become a leading…

Paris Agreement target not yet dead, but ‘uncomfortably close,’ scientists say. …

The heat wave has been severe enough to make international headlines, but it is far from the only impact of climate change I’ve witnessed in the first half of my six-month journey through India. …

Power companies, conservationists, local residents and two U.S. states are mired in an acrimonious dispute about hydroelectricity from Quebec. …

Repairing the country’s extensive peatlands could help the world mitigate climate change. It could also make a fast-fashion billionaire even richer. …

The Peyto Glacier in Canada’s Banff National Park has shrunk by around 70 percent over the last half-century, a dramatic change highlighted in newly released satellite imagery from NASA. …

Wynn Bruce’s death can teach us that climate anxiety and despair can be channeled into constructive action. …