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What’s cheaper: Fueling your car with gas or electricity?
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone, Infographics Karin Kirk 4/16/26 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone, Infographics Karin Kirk 4/16/26

What’s cheaper: Fueling your car with gas or electricity?

Yale Climate Connections

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The ski industry is oddly quiet on climate change
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 3/23/26 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 3/23/26

The ski industry is oddly quiet on climate change

Yale Climate Connections

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Is your data center getting a big discount on electricity? That’s redacted.
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 3/3/26 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 3/3/26

Is your data center getting a big discount on electricity? That’s redacted.

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Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/5/26 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/5/26

Home electricity bills are skyrocketing. For data centers, not so much.

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What are the biggest climate polluters near you?
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 12/1/25 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 12/1/25

What are the biggest climate polluters near you?

Yale Climate Connections

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How satellites can help us find and clean up methane super-polluters
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 11/17/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 11/17/25

How satellites can help us find and clean up methane super-polluters

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Satellites are mapping the biggest CO2 polluters in the world
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 9/23/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 9/23/25

Satellites are mapping the biggest CO2 polluters in the world

Yale Climate Connections

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Climate polluters may be allowed to stop reporting their emissions. That doesn’t mean they can hide them.
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 8/11/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 8/11/25

Climate polluters may be allowed to stop reporting their emissions. That doesn’t mean they can hide them.

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Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republican voters
Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 7/3/25 Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 7/3/25

Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republican voters

Yale Climate Connections

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Clean energy is popular, even in red states. Senators might block it anyway.
Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 6/10/25 Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 6/10/25

Clean energy is popular, even in red states. Senators might block it anyway.

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Property Rights Take Center Stage as Montana Grapples With Wind Development
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/19/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/19/25

Property Rights Take Center Stage as Montana Grapples With Wind Development

Inside Climate News

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Clean energy generates major economic benefits, especially in red states
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/19/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/19/25

Clean energy generates major economic benefits, especially in red states

Yale Climate Connections

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Today’s Glacial Retreat is a Recent Phenomenon
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 2/18/25 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 2/18/25

Today’s Glacial Retreat is a Recent Phenomenon

NASA Earth Observatory

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Keeping Tabs on North Cascades Glaciers
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/18/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/18/25

Keeping Tabs on North Cascades Glaciers

NASA Earth Observatory

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Wildfires and Climate Change
Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 2/17/25 Climate and Energy, Science for Everyone Karin Kirk 2/17/25

Wildfires and Climate Change

NASA Science

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The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government
Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/11/25 Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/11/25

The fossil fuel industry spent $219 million to elect the new U.S. government

Yale Climate Connections

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Driven by sunshine: A geologist and writer reflects on how far we’ve come
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/11/25 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/11/25

Driven by sunshine: A geologist and writer reflects on how far we’ve come

Yale Climate Connections

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Jobs in wind, solar, and energy storage are booming. Is your state keeping up?
Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/5/25 Climate and Energy, Infographics Karin Kirk 1/5/25

Jobs in wind, solar, and energy storage are booming. Is your state keeping up?

Yale Climate Connections

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NASA Expands Capabilities in Methane Detection from Air and Space
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 12/4/24 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 12/4/24

NASA Expands Capabilities in Methane Detection from Air and Space

NASA’s Greenhouse Gas Center

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Aerosols: Small Particles with Big Climate Effects
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/4/24 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/4/24

Aerosols: Small Particles with Big Climate Effects

NASA

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