Can Trees Save Us From Climate...
Swiss scientists have identified an area roughly the size of the United States that could be newly shaded by planting more trees.
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New research shows that the extreme weather and fires of recent years, similar to the flooding that has struck Louisiana and the Midwest, may be making Americans sick in ways researchers are only beginning to understand.
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On July 8, President Trump hosted a White House event to unabashedly tout his truly abysmal environmental record.
read moreTrump the Environmentalist?
With swing states worried about climate change and toxic algae, the White House is talking green—while still working to strip away environmental protections.
read moreMeet the guy swimming through ...
Ben Lecomte is swimming through tons of plastic. Pieces of it have gotten stuck to his face. He’s passed abandoned fishing nets that tangle and kill wildlife. He’s held pieces of broken storage crates blooming with algae and barnacles. And he wants us to see it all — so we know what we’ve done to the planet.
read moreE.P.A. Plans to Curtail the Ab...
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to weaken rules that for the past quarter-century have given communities a voice in deciding how much pollution may legally be released by nearby power plants and factories.
read more98 Percent of Their Island Is ...
“Today, the land that has sustained us for generations is vanishing before our eyes.”
read moreClimate Change Fills Storms Wi...
When a tropical storm is approaching, its intensity or wind speed often gets the bulk of the attention. But as Tropical Storm Barry bears down on the Gulf Coast in the coming days, it’s the water that the storm will bring with it that has weather watchers worried.
read moreTrump administration to approv...
EPA said studies it considered, most of which were sponsored by industry, found sulfoxaflor isn’t dangerous for the pollinators
read moreThe ‘Historical Jigsaw of Clim...
We’ve all heard the dodgy arguments: ‘the science is uncertain’, ‘climate change is natural, not down to humans’, ‘science has been hijacked by politics’… Now a new cache of documents sheds light on the origins of the disinformation.
read moreTo Bolster Grassroots Groups&#...
“Our climate crisis demands a new paradigm, requiring the phasing out of fossil fuel infrastructure, the phasing in of non-fossil energy sources, and large-scale removal of carbon from the atmosphere.”
read moreThis Year’s Wild, Wet Spring I...
Including a Massachusetts-sized dead zone projected to appear in the Gulf of Mexico.
read more5 Creative Ways People are Car...
It’s no secret that our planet isn’t in the best shape. The poles’ protective ice is melting, there’s a hole in the ozone layer, and no one can figure out quickly enough how to replace CO2- producing cars.
read moreThe humble pea is America̵...
Demand for plant-based protein is driving rapid growth, while crops like corn and soy stagnate.
read moreAlaska Chokes on Wildfires as ...
Fires are spreading farther north, burning more intensely and starting earlier, in line with what scientists have warned would happen with climate change.
read moreNational Grid to NYC customers...
On Monday, the leading distributor of natural gas in the Northeast, National Grid, sent an urgent-sounding email to many of its New York customers —
read moreCalifornia first U.S. state to...
California has become the first U.S. state to allow some undocumented immigrants to have full health benefits paid for by taxpayers, after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the bill into law Tuesday.
read more24 Governors Call on Trump to ...
The opposition to one of President Trump’s most consequential regulatory rollbacks — a plan to weaken pollution standards for automobiles nationwide — widened on Tuesday when 24 governors, including three Republicans, urged the president to abandon his plan.
read moreEnvironmentalism’s Next Fronti...
Ships and corporations have legal standing. Should ecosystems?
read moreBattling a Flooded Future
As flooding increases across the country, architects and policymakers are strategizing ways to contain the deluge.
read moreMaine Hits Clean Energy Grand ...
As a baseball fan, I’m looking forward to watching the best players in the world compete for bragging rights in the 90th Major League Baseball All-Star game tonight. As a Maine resident for the past 11 years, I’m even more thrilled to see Maine regain its all-star status as a clean energy leader.
read moreRavaged by Drought, a Honduran...
People in El Rosario live on the edge of hunger, not knowing if the next harvest will come. Climate change is a driving force of food insecurity.
read moreCargill promised to end defore...
In 2014, the world’s largest agribusiness, Cargill, announced it would stop buying palm oil, rubber, and other commodities from farmers who cut down forests to grow their crops.
read moreSugar substitutes: Is one bett...
Wandering through the grocery store, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the numerous brands and health claims on the dozens of sugar substitutes.
read moreAs the World Heats Up, the Cli...
As Europe heats up, Greenland melts and the Midwest floods, many news organizations are devoting more resources to climate change as they cover the topic with more urgency.
read moreIt’s the End of the World as T...
On election night 2016, Kim Cobb, a professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, was on Christmas Island, the world’s largest ring-shaped coral reef atoll, about 1,300 miles south of Hawaii.
read moreVirtual Pipelines: A Dangerous...
For several years a mysterious fleet of tractor trailers loaded with natural gas cylinders has been crisscrossing U.S. roads, and in the dark early morning hours on Sunday, March 3, one drove off a highway near Cobleskill, New York, careened down an embankment, and flipped over.
read moreHow to ensure sustainable palm...
Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet.
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