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Robinson Meyer
Management
We’re Hitting the Limits of Hurricane Preparedness
Cities simply don’t have enough time to run from a storm like Ida.
Management
The Bill That Could Truly, Actually Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing
And help the climate, too
Infrastructure
Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat
The Pacific Northwest is melting now, but all across America the infrastructure we have was built for the wrong century.
Management
The Worst-Case Scenario Is Happening—Hospitals Are Overwhelmed
A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat Covid-19 patients.
Management
The Coronavirus Surge That Will Define the Next 4 Years
Cases are rising in all but nine states. Unlike the past two waves, this one has no epicenter.
Management
Wisconsin Is on the Brink of a Major Outbreak
The state’s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are at an all-time high.
Infrastructure
The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back
The U.S. has never had enough coronavirus tests. Now a group of epidemiologists, economists, and dreamers is plotting a new strategy to defeat the virus, even before a vaccine is found.
Management
America Is Giving Up on the Pandemic
Businesses are reopening. Protests are erupting nationwide. But the virus isn’t done with us.
Management
‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
The government’s disease-fighting agency is conflating viral and antibody tests, compromising a few crucial metrics that governors depend on to reopen their economies. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, and other states are doing the same.
Management
State and Federal Data on COVID-19 Testing Don’t Match Up
The CDC has quietly started releasing nationwide numbers. But they contradict what states themselves are reporting.
Management
How Virginia Juked Its COVID-19 Statistics
The state is combining results from viral and antibody tests in the same statistic. This threatens to confound America’s understanding of the pandemic.
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Management
The Oil Industry Is Quietly Winning Local Climate Fights
In the past few years, the American Petroleum Institute and its allies have fought against climate-friendly policies in at least 16 different states.
Infrastructure
America’s Coal Consumption Entered Free Fall in 2019
Coal fell 18 percent last year, the largest drop ever recorded. But carbon emissions across the rest of the economy barely budged.
Management
The Human Brain Evolved When Carbon Dioxide Was Lower
There is substantial but inconsistent evidence that as carbon-dioxide levels rise, they could affect human cognition.
Management
Dozens of States Want to Keep America’s Broken Climate Promise
States still aiming to meet U.S. climate commitments will reduce emissions 20 to 27 percent below their all-time high by 2025, a new report card shows.
Management
The Oceans We Know Won’t Survive Climate Change
Sea-level rise will become unmanageable, and life will flee the world’s tropical oceans, if carbon pollution keeps rising, a new report from the UN climate panel says.
Management
For Voters, Does Climate…Actually Even Matter?
Bernie Sanders released a massive plan for a Green New Deal this week. What’s the point of all these climate plans?
Management
This Land Is the Only Land There Is
Here are seven ways of understanding the IPCC’s newest climate warning.
Management
No Climate Event in 2,000 Years Compares to What’s Happening Now
While parts of the world have warmed or cooled in the past, modern climate change is happening just about everywhere at the same time.
Management
California’s Wildfires Are 500 Percent Larger Due to Climate Change
“Each degree of warming causes way more fire than the previous degree of warming did. And that’s a really big deal.”
