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climate *zeitgeist* reporter for @washingtonpost. past: proudly @grist, @UniofOxford, @princeton. fan of women's gymnastics. views mine!

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I’m an environmental journalist interested in the science, politics, and policy of climate change.

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X and the Leviathan: Can We Imagine an Alternative Politics of Climate Change? - Los Angeles Revi...

X and the Leviathan: Can We Imagine an Alternative Politics of Climate Change? - Los Angeles Revi...

THE DANGERS and impending impacts of climate change are now so well documented that they risk becoming journa…

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The Big-Tech Backlash

The Big-Tech Backlash

On April 10, Mark Zuckerberg – looking pale and a little tense – sat down to testify before the US Senate for…

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Sprouting Doubt

Sprouting Doubt

When Mark Lynas slouched onto the stage at the 2013 Oxford Farming Conference, he looked decidedly uncomforta…

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The problem with putting a deadline on the climate apocalypse

The problem with putting a deadline on the climate apocalypse

Readers of The New Yorker woke up last Sunday morning to find that Jonathan Franzen - the infamous bird-watch…

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This year's UN climate talks-brought to you by coal?

This year's UN climate talks-brought to you by coal?

KATOWICE, POLAND-There's a specter hanging over the COP24 climate talks.

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Move over, polar bears: Climate change has a new symbol

Move over, polar bears: Climate change has a new symbol

Climate change has a new symbol, and it's not melting ice floes or charismatic megafauna. Last week, research…

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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.

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By John Muyskens Verified, Shannon Osaka Verified
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A chart showing global temperatures from 1940 to 2025, relative to the 1951 to 1980 average. Global temperatures have been rising for decades. But many scientists say it’s nowhappening faster than ever before. Global temperatures have been rising for decades. But many scientists say it’s nowhappening faster than ever before. Since the 1970s, the Earth — fueled by enormous quantities of greenhouse gas emissions — has been warming at a fairly steady rate.
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See how climate change is accelerating

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By John Muyskens Verified, Shannon Osaka Verified
| MSN Verified
John Muyskens, Shannon Osaka Global temperatures have been rising for decades. But many scientists say it's now happening faster than ever before. Since the 1970s, the Earth — fueled by enormous quantities of greenhouse gas emissions — has been warming at a fairly steady rate. But in the last few years, something changed. 2023, 2024 and 2025 were far warmer than the previous trend.
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One of the worst parts of owning an EV is quickly getting better

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By Shannon Osaka Verified
| Detroit News Verified
AUTOS Shannon Osaka The Washington Post Jan. 29, 2026, 11:13 a.m. ET View Comments For years, EV drivers in America had plenty of complaints about fast-charging their electric cars. Many chargers were broken or glitchy; at the same time, drivers had to juggle several different smartphone apps and find chargers that matched the particular charging port on their car. But now, even as EV sales are slumping, deployment of fast chargers is booming.
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