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- Climate change’s worst-case scenario is officially canceled You’ve probably never heard of the term “RCP 8.5” — the highest-emission scenario used by climate scientists to project the planet’s future. But if you’ve read about climate change, you’ve seen the numbers and nightmarish outcomes it produced: 4°C of warming by 2100, sometimes 5°C, sea level rising multiple feet, parts of the planet too […]
- The best thing Democrats can do for the climate: Stop talking about it With a little over five months until the midterm elections, Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail are trying to show voters they care about cost-of-living issues. To make that pitch, some parts of the party’s usual message may be going by the wayside. That includes the conversation about combating climate change. Once a […]
