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Brian Palmer

Brian Palmer

Palmer covers daily environmental news for Earthwire. His science writing has appeared in Slate, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other publications.

Reflect March 4, 2016 March 4, 2016

Is Water a (Positive) Human Right?

I went on a search to find our right to clean drinking water in U.S. and international law.

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Airliner
Change February 4, 2016 February 4, 2016

Existing Carbon-Cutting Rules Won’t Get Us to Our Climate Goal. Where Will the Rest Come From?

World leaders came out of Paris with an international climate agreement seeking to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. The following is part of “What It Takes,” a series that looks into what we’ll need to do to pull that off.

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Subnationals
Change December 16, 2015 June 8, 2016

Cities, States, and “Subnations” like the Left Coast are Key to Cutting Carbon

Climate responsibility will fall to individuals, businesses, and local governments. Through this hard work—not what happened in negotiating rooms in Peru or Paris—we will stop climate change.

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Reflect December 14, 2015 January 17, 2016

Climate Deal Made in Paris – Here’s What it Says

Negotiators in Paris have signed on to an historic and comprehensive deal to address climate change.

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Women and Climate Change
Reflect December 11, 2015 January 29, 2016

Women from Around the World Gather in Paris to Solve Climate Change

A two-step solution to climate change: Fire all the men. Replace them with women. If you think this proposal is hyperbolic, just look at the data.

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Climate Deniers
Laugh December 9, 2015 January 9, 2016

What’s it Like to Attend a Climate Denial Conference? A Minute-by-Minute Rundown

“The Day of Examining the Data” kicked off with a press conference. Here’s how it went down.

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INDC
Reflect October 31, 2015 February 1, 2016

The Acronym Standing Between Us and Disaster

What’s an intended nationally determined contribution?

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Eat & Drink October 25, 2015 January 28, 2016

Bee-Free Diet: Would You Die Without Bees to Pollinate Your Food?

One in three bites of your food includes a bee-pollinated item. What would your diet be like without bees?

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Explore October 16, 2015 May 3, 2016

A Handy (-ish) Guide to the Many Types of Marine Parks in the US

Marine Protected Area, Reserve, Monument, Park, Sanctuary—why are there so many names for legally protected waterways? And what do they all mean?

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Clean Power Plan
Reflect October 15, 2015 May 5, 2016

Who’s Suing to Stop the Clean Power Plan, and What’s Their Beef?

A handy guide to the groups trying to overturn the Clean Power Plan, along with a reminder of their arguments and a summary of how the cases will proceed.

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