Elizabeth Warren wants green t...
At the third Democratic primary debate last month, Senator Elizabeth Warren said that if she were elected president, she’d negotiate international trade deals “with environmentalists at the table.”
read moreMeet the Money Behind The Clim...
Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement
read moreA Climate Silver Bullet?
Many of those who gathered in New York this week for the latest round of international climate summitry believe that as the world falls further behind in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, other options such as solar geoengineering and carbon removal must be on the table. The problem is that techno-optimism can easily become an alibi for inaction.
read moreManaging Water in an Unpredict...
In southern Nevada, the problem is drought. Nineteen years of declining snowpack in the mountains that make up the Colorado River water basin has caused Lake Mead, the region’s primary source of drinking water, to drop about 130 feet.
read moreRevealed: the 20 firms behind ...
[Translate] The polluters Chevron’s Kern River oil field in Bakersfield, California. Photograph: Guardian Design New data shows how...
read moreWhat Did Hurricane Dorian Do t...
Fearing devastation, scientists have begun their survey.
read moreHere’s why California is...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has cut the power on millions of Californians. It is a pre-emptive move to cut the company’s liabilities for potential wildfires. The announcement and subsequent handling of this forced blackout has been chaotic.
read moreTrump, Putin and friends are w...
“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof” is an oft-quoted aphorism from the King James Bible. It basically means that there are enough problems in the present that one should not only avoid adding to them, but not worry too much about the future.
read more‘Remember When Google...
Google, whose unofficial company motto was once “Don’t be evil,” counts major deniers of the climate crisis among the groups “that receive the most substantial contributions” from the tech giant’s U.S. Government Affairs and Public Policy team.
read moreElizabeth Warren’s new climate...
A number of Democratic candidates for president have released ambitious environmental plans that make the environmental platforms of yore look like yesterday’s lunch.
read moreNew Study Warns 5 Billion Peop...
“If we continue on this trajectory, ecosystems will be unable to provide natural insurance in the face of climate change-induced impacts on food, water, and infrastructure.”
read moreWhat Are Californians Supposed...
PG&E is turning off the power to protect against another fire. It’s created a new kind of disaster.
read moreOn Climate Change, Biden Has a...
When Michaelyn Mankel approached Joseph R. Biden Jr. at an Iowa steak fry last month to demand dramatic action on climate change, the former vice president clasped the 24-year-old’s hands and assured her, “You’ve got a better deal from me than anybody.”
read moreHow to save sinking cities and...
New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.
read moreIn European First, Proposed Co...
“When we’re in the beginning of an ecological and climate collapse,” said the lawmaker who introduced the measure, “I hope we can re-think our relationship with Nature.”
read moreThe Blob: A marine heatwave la...
In the fall of 2013, scientists in Washington noticed a strange physical phenomenon surfacing in the Pacific Ocean — a vast patch of unusually warm water moving through the Pacific.
read moreWant to know what climate chan...
Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon.
read moreAs Sea Levels Rise, So Do Ghos...
Saltwater is killing woodlands along the East Coast, sometimes surprisingly far from the sea.
read moreIn The Mountains, Climate Cha...
The melting of glaciers and loss of snow has a cascading effect for ecosystems, agriculture and billions of people downstream.
read moreNew York City Wants to Put a C...
The island, which has an unusual history and considerable real estate potential, could host a complex devoted to climate policy under the plan, which is in its early stages.
read moreWhy the Building Sector May Be...
Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.
read moreA Major Fossil Fuel State Is J...
Pennsylvania is the nation’s No. 2 natural gas producer, and No. 3 in coal. Its governor says ‘we need to get serious’ about the climate crisis.
read moreThis situation brings me to de...
Two Australian scientists speak of their personal grief and anxiety concerning the conditions of the iconic Great Barrier Reef. Reposted from The Conversation with permission.
read moreHard Times in the Climate Deni...
Last week, the Heartland Institute was again trumpeting climate science denial at its 13th “International Conference on Climate Change” at the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. But by a number of measures, the Chicago-based free market think tank’s science denial doesn’t exactly seem to be a growing — or cohesive — movement at this point.
read moreOceans face dire threats from ...
Can something under threat also be a source of its own salvation? Climate change is wreaking havoc on the oceans. But the seas also hold tremendous potential for mitigation.
read moreHouston’s pocket prairies: Nat...
Humans are innovators and tend to look to technology to solve problems. But increasingly, people are turning to the natural world for solutions as well. For Houston, that means reintroducing the prairie.
read moreA Huge Iceberg Split From Anta...
A massive iceberg with the robotic sounding name D28 has separated in recent days from an ice sheet in Antarctica, prompting both awe and concern around the world.
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