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The debate over drilling on public lands goes back decades. But now our view of how — or even whether — to use public lands faces the unprecedented reality of climate change, fire, drought, floods and the transition to clean energy. The latest Backgrounder explains how we got here and where the current battles rage, including over the Alaskan North Slope’s massive Willow

Homes and offices have huge climate footprints. There are many ways to fix that.

Our country appears to be on a pathway to completely replace gas-fired cars with electric cars. “President Biden has set a goal of bringing the nation’s emissions down to net zero by 2050,” write Brad Plumer, Nadja Popovich and Blacki Migliozzi in the New York Times, citing his executive order of January 27, 2021.

Mercury News Letters to the Editor for March 30, 2023

Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade, and nations will need to make an immediate and drastic shift away from fossil fuels to prevent the planet from overheating dangerously beyond that level, according to a major new report released Monday.

And a new report offers a fresh climate warning sign.

An international panel offers a warning about the dangers of fossil fuels, and also a blueprint to change course.

Plans to install 3,000 acres of solar panels in Kentucky and Virginia are delayed for years.

And Marianne Williamson confirmed that she will jump into the Democratic presidential primary.

What’s causing global warming? How can we fix it? This interactive F.A.Q. will tackle your climate questions big and small.