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Leah C. Stokes politics climate
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Leah C. Stokes: Congress must pass a better climate bill

I've never seen a summer like the one we're experiencing now. If Congress spends too little, or passes only the bipartisan infrastructure package, we will continue to head in the wrong direction, and there will be worse summers ahead.

Rob Moore: As climate risks worsen, U.S. flood buyouts fail to meet the need
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Rob Moore: As climate risks worsen, U.S. flood buyouts fail to meet the need

As climate change drives more extreme coastal storms and precipitation events, the system must undergo a drastic overhaul or risk stranding millions in flood-prone homes.

Freight railroads funded climate denial for decades
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Freight railroads funded climate denial for decades

For nearly 30 years, America’s four biggest rail companies—which move the majority of the country’s coal—have spent millions to deny climate science and block climate policy.
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