List of Environment articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Is Getting Serious About Kicking Its Coal Addiction
After closing coal mines, Beijing is halting the construction of hundreds of coal-fired power plants. But is it too late?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Clinton Tries to Stake Out New Turf on Energy Policy
The Democratic front-runner has morphed her well-worn positions, like boosting natural gas production, in her race against Bernie Sanders. But energy-market realities mean it may not matter.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rules of Innovation (8): You Need to Be Backed by a Robust Headquarters That Tracks and Understands the Environment
This is another one of those counterintuitive rules: An innovative organization must have a strong, well-staffed headquarters.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Says Climate Change Is a Security Risk. Why Are Republicans Laughing?
From the melting Arctic to the Syrian drought, the president says climate change poses a bigger threat than the Islamic State. Too bad the GOP doesn’t want to do much to fight it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sweden Wants to Stop Live American Lobsters From Entering Europe
Europe has quite an appetite for Maine lobsters. Sweden wants to see that change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Turns Out Economic Growth Doesn’t Mean Destroying the Planet
World economies are expanding while keeping greenhouse-gas emissions in check. That’s good news for the environment — and bad news for climate change naysayers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Angry Investors Want Volkswagen to Cough Up $3.7 Billion
Private investors are suing Volkswagen for $3.7 billion over its emissions cheat.
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MarApr2016_Aperture_1 Rock Bottom
Despite a sinking summit, 15,000 laborers continue to claw at the mines in a Bolivian mountain.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Climate Change Is Undeniable. So Why Is the GOP Still Denying It?
Florida could be underwater in a few decades. Can Republicans win the battleground state if they refuse to heed environmental warnings?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Volkswagen’s American Chief Michael Horn Falls on His Sword
Michael Horn, head of Volkswagen America, is suddenly out of a job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 VW’s Labor Chief: U.S. Fines For Emissions Cheat Could Cost U.S. Jobs
A top Volkswagen official says U.S. fines for emissions cheat could lead to U.S. job losses.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pakistan’s Big Threat Isn’t Terrorism—It’s Climate Change
To Pakistan, terrorists seem a more formidable enemy than rising temperatures and sea levels. But what happens when climate change upends Karachi, the country's economic backbone?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Was This Prominent Honduran Activist Murdered in Her Own Home?
Honduran activist Berta Cáceres feared for her life before she was shot dead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar?
2015 Global Thinker Fabrice Monteiro discusses how plastic-bag couture can teach a generation to respect its environment.