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As the planet nears climate tipping points, Trump chooses denial
Climate disasters already cost US consumers and businesses more than $100bn a year. Earlier this month, the same day President Donald Trump ordered the US government to repeal the scientific determination that greenhouse gas…
Trump’s Arctic imperialism risks global climate meltdown
President Trump’s obsession with “owning” Greenland has been described as a massive threat to global security that undermines NATO and the trust of our closest allies in Europe, who have responded by sending additional troops to Greenland…
Appalachian Gas Is Key to Lowering Emissions and Prices Amid Rising Power
As demand for U.S. electricity has increased in the last few years, the role of natural gas in providing reliable baseload power has become more important to consumers, businesses, and to balancing the electrical grids that are also using more intermittent renewable…
Electricity costs are rising rapidly — there is a solution, but Trump keeps blocking it
President Trump is waging a political culture war against U.S. clean energy that is jacking up monthly electricity bills on already struggling American families — in many cases costing more than $200 more a year…
Climate priority is to curb near-term temperatures
Kudos to Pilita Clark (“Overshoot will make climate politics even harder”, Opinion, December 19) for having the courage to say what most climate experts know but will not utter — which is that fast-rising global temperatures, already 1.5°C above…
The Orioles’ World Series’ chances just heated up
Finally — after decades of seeing the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and other big market teams sign all the top free agents — the Orioles have done it: They’ve spent huge cash for…
We can still avoid irreversible climate catastrophe, but we must act now
Problems securing affordable accommodations in the remote host town of Belem, on the Amazon River in Brazil, have threatened vital COP 30 climate negotiations before they even begin. But lessons from…
How Orioles’ new manager can deliver playoff wins | GUEST COMMENTARY
With the Toronto Blue Jays losing a heartbreak Game 7 to the Dodgers, every AL East team has reached the World Series in the last decade — everyone, that is, except the Orioles. In fact, it’s been nearly two
Letter: Will this be the president’s most destructive legacy?
Two articles in the October 20 print edition illustrate how Donald Trump’s political culture war, aimed at undermining all possible US and global climate protections, may end up being his most devastatingly destructive long-term legacy…
Unmasking Climate Action at UN
As global climate leaders, including dozens of heads of state, gather at the UN in New York this week, it is time to admit that current climate approaches are failing. Already expensive and deadly climate impacts are increasingly…
America is moving backward on climate policy — here’s how Democrats can right the ship
Every week brings a new headline about the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress repealing climate protections. The latest is a shocking proposal to overturn the landmark scientific…
Trump’s budget bill sells out America’s future — soon, Republicans will pay
Elon Musk is right: the massive cash giveaway to the richest at the expense of the poorest that Senate Republicans passed this week is “utterly insane and destructive.” Average Americans, and soon…
Orioles need a new strategy to win again
t’s no surprise the Orioles fired manager Brandon Hyde last weekend, because their season so far has been an utter disaster. After averaging 96 wins over the last two seasons, this year, despite playoff expectations…
Both Parties Must Limit Surging Electricity Inflation
Prices are surging in the electricity sector, presenting new headwinds for U.S. consumers and manufacturing alike. Fortunately, Congress has…
Can Orioles’ young roster carry team to a World Series?
After the Orioles were swept out of the playoffs without a win for the second straight year, many baseball mavens expected the team to make aggressive off-season trades or free agent signings, especially to help replace…
Why the Arctic is important
Losing the Arctic sea ice might make business more profitable for the shipping and mining industries (“Break the ice”, January 25th). But it will cost the rest of the world dearly. Half of the Arctic…
Republicans in Congress Could Kill 400,000 Energy Jobs
New EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made headlines last week bragging that he could rescind billions in loans for clean energy. But as with many Trumpian threats, it turns out to be hugely overstated, if not just a flat-out lie. All the money in…
AI is the future of tech, but its effects on the climate could change everything
Over the last few years, the tech industry and their energy-hungry data centers have been responsible for large increases in climate emissions, with Microsoft’s emissions growing 30 percent since 2020 and…
California Wildfires Offer a Taste of the Problems Trump Faces
The wildfires rampaging through Southern California this week are only a hint of the climate-change-caused devastation that is likely to grow far worse during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. These changes…
Methane Cuts Are Key for Natural Gas, Even Under Donald Trump
The politics of natural gas are again heating up as President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, while domestic and international demand for U.S. gas keeps growing and…
As the planet nears climate tipping points, Trump chooses denial
Climate disasters already cost US consumers and businesses more than $100bn a year. Earlier this month, the same day President Donald Trump ordered the US government to repeal the scientific determination that greenhouse gas…
Trump’s Arctic imperialism risks global climate meltdown
President Trump’s obsession with “owning” Greenland has been described as a massive threat to global security that undermines NATO and the trust of our closest allies in Europe, who have responded by sending additional troops to Greenland…
Appalachian Gas Is Key to Lowering Emissions and Prices Amid Rising Power
As demand for U.S. electricity has increased in the last few years, the role of natural gas in providing reliable baseload power has become more important to consumers, businesses, and to balancing the electrical grids that are also using more intermittent renewable…
Electricity costs are rising rapidly — there is a solution, but Trump keeps blocking it
President Trump is waging a political culture war against U.S. clean energy that is jacking up monthly electricity bills on already struggling American families — in many cases costing more than $200 more a year…
Climate priority is to curb near-term temperatures
Kudos to Pilita Clark (“Overshoot will make climate politics even harder”, Opinion, December 19) for having the courage to say what most climate experts know but will not utter — which is that fast-rising global temperatures, already 1.5°C above…
The Orioles’ World Series’ chances just heated up
Finally — after decades of seeing the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays and other big market teams sign all the top free agents — the Orioles have done it: They’ve spent huge cash for…
We can still avoid irreversible climate catastrophe, but we must act now
Problems securing affordable accommodations in the remote host town of Belem, on the Amazon River in Brazil, have threatened vital COP 30 climate negotiations before they even begin. But lessons from…
How Orioles’ new manager can deliver playoff wins | GUEST COMMENTARY
With the Toronto Blue Jays losing a heartbreak Game 7 to the Dodgers, every AL East team has reached the World Series in the last decade — everyone, that is, except the Orioles. In fact, it’s been nearly two
Letter: Will this be the president’s most destructive legacy?
Two articles in the October 20 print edition illustrate how Donald Trump’s political culture war, aimed at undermining all possible US and global climate protections, may end up being his most devastatingly destructive long-term legacy…
Unmasking Climate Action at UN
As global climate leaders, including dozens of heads of state, gather at the UN in New York this week, it is time to admit that current climate approaches are failing. Already expensive and deadly climate impacts are increasingly…
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