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Tim McDonnell

Climate & Energy Reporter at Quartz

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Tim McDonnell
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Why is USPS buying electric vehicles? - Quartz

The new USPS plan for EVs will be almost like shutting down a gas-fired power plant every year.
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To save water, Egypt should farm fish instead of crops

Fish can produce more protein and profit with a lower water and carbon footprint
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The Nile Delta isn’t ready for climate change

Egypt has an $8 billion adaptation plan, but for now its agricultural economy is at risk from climate change, water scarcity, inflation, and urbanization.
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Why airline carbon offsets are mostly a sham

Airline offsets are too cheap to be effective, a new study says
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New documents show Big Oil knows its climate plans are bogus

No amount of marketing can make up for spending billions on drilling.
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To fix its broken power market, Europe has to break it more

Thanks to Putin’s pressure on the market, the EU is aiming to divorce electricity prices from natural gas prices.
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The new Senate climate bill makes it cheaper to go green

The Inflation Reduction Act makes the US a real contender in the clean energy economy for the first time.

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Louisiana’s population is already moving to escape climate catastrophe

Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, a growing number of people in coastal Louisiana are looking for an escape from climate change.
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American drivers are saving the corn ethanol industry–for now

The US ethanol industry was just beginning to recover from its pandemic slump.
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The nations with the most ambitious climate commitments, ranked

The US will need to make its transition to clean energy happen more quickly than any other country.
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Biden’s crusade against fossil fuels won’t work in Africa

600 million people in Africa still lack access to electricity, and utilities are in dire straits.
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Bitcoin’s crash is good for the climate

Energy use from bitcoin mining is falling faster than it has in years, thanks to the crash in cryptocurrency.
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Cutting gas taxes is the wrong fix for high gas prices

Gas tax “holidays” are a short-sighted policy that won’t save drivers very much money.