climate

Germany’s green revolution

What would it take to transform the whole country’s electric grid–to shut down all of its old power plants, and move to a system that generates electricity exclusively from renewable resources?

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The case against nuclear power

Maria Hinojosa interviews Damon Moglen, Climate and Energy Director for Friends of the Earth, who says nuclear power will not solve our country’s energy and environmental problems.

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Was the Roman Empire a victim of climate change?

A new study suggests environmental factors contributed to the downfall of the great empire.

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‘A History of the Future’: Capturing the world to come

Through haunting landscape photos, the Canary Project shows glimpses of the world to come, transformed with the changing climate.

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Photographing the world to come

This series, says photographer Susannah Sayler, documents the beginning of what is to come if climate change is allowed to progress unchecked.

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