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Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives. Presented by Climate Power     (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg) EPA to cut greenhouse gases thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide A new Environmental Protection Agency rule aims to cut the use of a class of greenhouse gases that are hundreds to thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Pets can help fight climate change with an insect-based diet. Owners just need to come around to the idea. Despite what scientists call the 'yuck factor,' bugs could be a sustainable secret ingredient for the booming pet food industry. By Danny Funt ●  Read more »   Biden vows to double aid for vulnerable nations dealing with climate change Proposed $11.4 billion in annual U.S. financing would help "support the countries and people that will be hit the hardest," Biden says, but critics say it's still not enough. By Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   Anatomy of a wildfire: How the Dixie Fire became the largest blaze of a devastating summer The Dixie Fire's searing heat and soaring flames have menaced California for two months. Here's how what began as a relatively small blaze surged across nearly 1 million acres. By Marisa Iati and Dylan Moriarty ●  Read more »   Climate change lets mosquitoes flourish — and feast — in Los Angeles Warmer weather has allowed the pesky bugs to multiply and thwart attempts to slow their spread. By Erica Werner ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Content from Climate Power Americans want solutions to the climate crisis NOW. Build Back Better will create jobs, lower costs & fight climate change. To do it right, we need:  1. Clean Energy Tax Credits 2. The Clean Electricity Performance Program 3. Justice40 Investments   China is key to saving the planet from climate change. But it can't quit coal. Beijing's approach could determine the outcome of a critical U.N. climate summit. By Lily Kuo and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Fueled by climate change, costly Southwest drought isn't going away NOAA report shows how extreme climate conditions intensified the drought and are a harbinger of the future. Perspective ●  By Rong Fu, Isla Simpson, Justin Mankin, Andrew Hoell and Daniel Barrie ●  Read more »   Biden confronts extreme heat, a silent climate killer President Biden announced a strategy to combat extreme heat, a silent killer fueled by climate change. By Maxine Joselow ●  Read more »   Venison is the most eco-friendly food on the planet — if you hunt the deer yourself Killing deer for venison helps prevent their damage to habitats, their danger to humans and the greenhouse gases they emit. Perspective ●  By Tamar Haspel ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Boris Johnson tells world leaders to 'grow up' on climate change, takes aim at Kermit the Frog Johnson used his unique, colorful rhetoric to plead for action on the impending environmental catastrophe. By Karla Adam ●  Read more »   Philanthropists pledge $5 billion to save threatened species A group of philanthropists pledged $5 billion by 2030 to help conservation and protect biodiversity around the world. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Climate change tops agenda as Iceland heads to elections Climate change is top of the agenda when voters in Iceland head to the polls for general elections on Saturday. By Egill Bjarnason | AP ●  Read more »   As they gather at U.N., world leaders face furious push to act quickly on climate change By Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Jeff Bezos pledges $1 billion to protect 30 percent of the Earth's land and sea Bezos's large donations are transforming climate philanthropy — even as Amazon's cloud-computing business and shipping operations have a significant carbon footprint. By Jay Greene and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   'Diet for a Small Planet' helped spark a food revolution. 50 years later, it's evolving. Frances Moore Lappé's "Diet For a Small Planet" is one of the most visionary books of the past half-century, says Michael Pollan. By Kristen Hartke ●  Read more »   As climate change warms workplaces, Biden directs safety agency to draft heat rules for workers The call comes after a summer of record heat, including a heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and other climate-related disasters across the country. By Eli Rosenberg ●  Read more »   Why it's a mistake to teach climate change only in science class The case for expanding into other subjects. Analysis ●  By Valerie Strauss ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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