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Climate choices aren’t just individual actions

Seven states received almost half of funds for clean energy manufacturing, though there is little evidence it will deliver electorally for Democrats

Did "The Day After Tomorrow" accurately depict our climatic future? Not quite. But some appreciate a deeper message

Climate goals can feel distant. But climate change is happening right now. Speed up the benefits for taking action, psychologists say, if you want leaders and others to pay attention and act.

Climate-change activists should take some lessons from the mismanagement and miscommunication surrounding the pandemic. In both cases, people across the political spectrum feel helpless in the face of the problem. In both cases, experts need to figure out how to get people to overcome these feelings and act.

It’s been nearly two decades since the oil giant BP released a calculator to help consumers figure out all the ways carbon was creeping into their lives, from commuting to work to buying food. The PR campaign was wildly successful: It popularized the very idea of an individual “carbon footprint.”

Americans broadly support action, a Pew poll shows, but partisanship keeps getting in the way