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Connie Fitzsimmons demonstrates against the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. (Craig Hudson for The Post)

Why the debt deal infuriates climate activists

The deal does little for the clean energy transition, and expedites a natural gas pipeline. But it keeps intact spending in Biden’s climate bill — an early target for the GOP.

By Timothy Puko40 minutes ago

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Researcher Alicia Sendrowski stands on a massive pile of logs in northern Canada. (Natalie Kramer)

A giant pile of logs is trapping millions of tons of carbon in Canada

A pileup of ancient logs nearly as big as Manhattan is trapping millions of tons of carbon in northern Canada – and the warming climate may lead to its releasing much of that stored material into the atmosphere.

By Michael Birnbaum

Help Desk

The cheapskate’s guide to digital entertainment

Subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and probably Spotify are getting more expensive. Here's where to find amazing free or cheap-(ish) alternatives.

By Shira Ovide

Listen: Reinventing the Disney princess business

Play: Today’s crossword puzzles and other games

Carolyn Hax: A years-old comment comes back to haunt best friends

Cook: Cheese-stuffed Romanian flatbreads start with a simple dough

Erdogan continues divisive rhetoric following victory

By Kareem Fahim

China says it plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030

By Christian Shepherd

The team performs in 2005. (Rasheedah Ali)

In Harlem, senior swimmers embrace their ‘fountain of youth’

The Harlem Honeys and Bears want people to know who they are — “a bunch of joyful Black elders who thrive in the water.”

By Laure Andrillon

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Perspective

With a strong ending, ‘Succession’ overcame its own character flaws

A dramatic satire of capitalism’s Great Men, HBO's "Succession" sometimes forgot its great men were fallible, craven and wrong. The finale remembered.

By Lili Loofbourow

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