Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Downplayi...

Sep 18, 2017 by

[Translate] Earth & Energy NTNU/Flickr In Brief Neil deGrasse Tyson has criticized politicians and the media for...

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Our Country Has Gotten So Scar...

Sep 17, 2017 by

Our Country Has Gotten So Scary, I Don’t Think I Can Live in Denial Anymore

[Translate] News & Politics Ignoring climate change, white supremacy and North Korea only make these problems worse. By Marty...

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The Climate Catastrophe We’re ...

Sep 15, 2017 by

The Climate Catastrophe We’re All Ignoring

[Translate] Imagine you’re driving your shiny new car too fast along a wet, curvy road. You turn a corner and realize you’re heading...

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Hurricane Jose may be headed t...

Sep 15, 2017 by

Hurricane Jose may be headed toward New England.

[Translate] too soon CIRA / RAMMB September is historically the busiest month of hurricane season in the Atlantic, and this year is...

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Rethinking the ‘Infrastructure...

Sep 15, 2017 by

Rethinking the ‘Infrastructure’ Discussion Amid a Blitz of Hurricanes

[Translate] Environment Several experts on climate and resilience talk about the role of government. “Viewed correctly, sensible...

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Urban climate change

Sep 15, 2017 by

Urban climate change

[Translate] Model of impact of changing precipitation patterns in northern European, North American cities Source: University of...

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Florida Keys facing potential ...

Sep 15, 2017 by

Florida Keys facing potential ‘humanitarian crisis’ in Irma aftermath

[Translate] Military crews were on standby with body bags for possible fatalities in the Keys while millions remain without power...

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Why Every Hurricane Should Be ...

Sep 14, 2017 by

Why Every Hurricane Should Be Named “Jim”

[Translate] By: Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright   THE LEAP.COM The physical devastation wrought by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma cannot be...

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Stunning new analysis reveals ...

Sep 14, 2017 by

Stunning new analysis reveals just how unprecedented Harvey was

[Translate] Thanks to climate change and Trump’s policies, we won’t have to wait another 25,000 years for the next one....

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Last Chance Today for State Le...

Sep 14, 2017 by

Last Chance Today for State Legislature to Vote for 100% Renewable Electricity for California

[Translate] SB 100 is California’s historic bill that would require the state to push up its goal of achieving 50% renewable...

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Taking the Long View: The ‘For...

Sep 12, 2017 by

[Translate] About E360 Sea level rise has shrunk India’s Ghoramara Island from nearly 8 square miles to 2 square miles in...

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Western wildfires could still ...

Sep 12, 2017 by

Western wildfires could still be burning by Halloween.

[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters flame on   GRIST.ORG Reuters / Kari Greer / U.S. Forest Service / Handout While many are...

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Is There a Silver Lining in th...

Sep 11, 2017 by

Is There a Silver Lining in the Clouds of Hurricane Irma?

[Translate]  BY Alex Wilson   RESILIENTDESIGN.ORG Hurricane Irma as a Category 5 storm, passing over Cuba on September 9th as it...

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One Major Lesson From the Disa...

Sep 10, 2017 by

One Major Lesson From the Disastrous Floods Around the World: We’ve Been Building Cities All Wrong

[Translate] Cities that are designed with nature in mind have fewer problems and healthier residents. By Dr. David Suzuki / AlterNet...

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Big Oil must pay for climate c...

Sep 10, 2017 by

Big Oil must pay for climate change. Now we can calculate how much

[Translate] It is possible for scientific evidence to help apportion responsibility for climate damages among fossil fuel producers....

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Irma Will Test Florida’s Infra...

Sep 10, 2017 by

Irma Will Test Florida’s Infrastructure, From Dikes to Sewage Plants

[Translate] By HENRY FOUNTAIN   NYTIMES Photo Lake Okeechobee in Port Mayaca, Fla. Engineers stopped pumping water out of the lake on...

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Earth’s Sixth Mass Extin...

Sep 9, 2017 by

[Translate] Lorraine Chow   ECOWATCH.COM Africa’s giraffe population has plunged almost 40 percent in the past 30 years. Photo...

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Hurricane Irma has reached Ame...

Sep 7, 2017 by

Hurricane Irma has reached American soil.

[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters Irma-geddon   GRIST.ORG REUTERS/Alvin Baez The storm, which is lashing Puerto Rico today,...

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What Will Happen If We Fail to...

Sep 6, 2017 by

What Will Happen If We Fail to Address the Climate Crisis

[Translate] Environment The effects of climate change are already upon us. Here’s what the 2020s and 2030s will look like if we...

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Irma, the strongest Atlantic h...

Sep 6, 2017 by

Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, keeps getting stronger

[Translate] NOAA coming on strong By Eric Holthaus GRIST.ORG Just days after Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to parts of...

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Architects Speak Out Against T...

Sep 5, 2017 by

Architects Speak Out Against Trump’s Latest Executive Order

[Translate] [Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images] “Climate change is here, no matter what any administration does to hide the facts.” By...

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Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?...

Sep 4, 2017 by

Why Can’t We Get Cities Right?

[Translate] Paul Krugman    NYTIMES Photo The highways in Houston were empty last Tuesday after the city was inundated with...

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The New York Times Grovels for...

Sep 3, 2017 by

The New York Times Grovels for the Right Wing, and Other Despicable Media Moments This Week

[Translate] Media Instead of conveying reality, corporate media pushes their own shoddy agendas. By Adam Johnson / AlterNet Photo...

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George Monbiot: We Can’t...

Sep 2, 2017 by

[Translate] Watch Full Show Guests George Monbiot columnist at The Guardian. His book, Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age...

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Conspiracy Theorists Claim Hur...

Sep 1, 2017 by

Conspiracy Theorists Claim Hurricane Harvey Is a ‘Weather Weapon’ (Video)

[Translate] Environment Some people believe that the storm was engineered, perhaps by a nuclear fusion reactor. By Robin Scher /...

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Hurricane Harvey: Another Amer...

Sep 1, 2017 by

Hurricane Harvey: Another American Deluge

[Translate] August 31, 2017 Rhea Suh   nrdc.org As we lend our immediate support to Gulf Coast communities, we must also protect...

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Hurricane Harvey Is a Horrible...

Aug 31, 2017 by

[Translate] By Ryan Schleeter     ECOWATCH.ORG With rain expected to continue falling through this Friday, what we already know about...

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Houston Is Drowning—In Its Fre...

Aug 29, 2017 by

[Translate] Steve Russell Newsweek Houston Is Drowning—In Its Freedom From Regulations We do value our freedom here in Texas. As I...

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Days Before Hurricane Harvey H...

Aug 28, 2017 by

Days Before Hurricane Harvey Hit Texas, Trump Repealed Flood Planning Rules

[Translate] Architects are baffled by the president’s decision to undo a key directive that modernized flood management policy...

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Climate Change Is Triple Risk ...

Aug 27, 2017 by

Climate Change Is Triple Risk to Europe

[Translate] Emergency pumps at work on England’s River Parrett in the 2014 floods. (Noel Jenkins / Wikimedia Commons) Tim Radford...

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