In a trash-filled pandemic, low-waste businesses are taking off
Jan 26, 2021, 1:01 pm By Maddie Stone
As the first round of coronavirus lockdowns swept the country last spring and Americans adapted to a…The next big climate PR campaign: abolish the filibuster
Jan 26, 2021, 6:45 am By Zoya Teirstein
Joe Biden has been president for six days, and his administration has already begun the arduous…Climate change will destroy communities. Let’s help them move now.
Jan 26, 2021, 6:30 am By Shanelle Loren
Last week, the U.S. rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement. But even if its targets are met — and…The unfinished business of Flint’s water crisis
Jan 26, 2021, 6:15 am By Anna Clark, ProPublica
This story was originally published by ProPublica. When I first heard E. Yvonne Lewis tell the…Report points to a new culprit behind the Great Lakes’ big, green, poop problem
Jan 25, 2021, 3:23 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Great Lakes are threatened by toxic, greenhouse-gas-emitting algae that thrive on phosphorus…38 countries have declared a ‘climate emergency.’ Should the US be next?
Jan 25, 2021, 6:45 am By Shannon Osaka
In April of 2019, thousands of protesters descended upon London. They blocked bridges, dragged a…This one number could change how the US handles climate change
Jan 25, 2021, 6:30 am By Emily Pontecorvo
President Joe Biden’s first environment-related executive order, signed on Inauguration Day,…Electric car batteries with 5-minute charging times produced
Jan 24, 2021, 6:30 am By Damian Carrington
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Here’s to a better 2021 — and an even better 2200
Jan 23, 2021, 9:09 am By Chip Giller
It wasn’t the fireworks. It wasn’t watching Donald Trump board a helicopter for the last time,…‘No more broken treaties’: Indigenous leaders urge Biden to shut down Dakota Access pipeline
Jan 23, 2021, 6:30 am By Nina Lakhani
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Why Paris isn’t enough
Jan 22, 2021, 4:52 pm By Shannon Osaka
The following is an excerpt from The First 100, a short-run weekly newsletter analyzing federal…We need to build a lot of wind turbines. Will Americans agree to live near them?
Jan 22, 2021, 6:45 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Late last year, Princeton researchers released a major study modeling different ways the U.S. could…One of the most biodiverse regions in the US is also its least protected
Jan 22, 2021, 6:30 am By Cameron Oglesby
Yosemite. Big Sur. The Grand Canyon. When one thinks “wilderness” in the United States, the mind…She’s filming ‘the soul of Austin’ to save it
Jan 22, 2021, 5:40 am By Eva Legge
Barton Springs is celebrated by many as the soul of Austin. The three-acre pool, rising from the…Young people can do more than organize. We can also help make climate policy.
Jan 21, 2021, 9:21 am By Piper Christian and Michelle D. Hernandez
At a virtual fundraiser last July, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden said, “I want young…Biden rejoining the Paris Agreement, explained
Jan 21, 2021, 6:45 am By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser Here’s what that means for the U.S., the world, and climate change.…What can I do to bring the Green New Deal to life?
Jan 21, 2021, 6:30 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, If I have some money to invest in the Green New Deal, where should I start? —…After a decade of struggle, Keystone XL may be sold for scrap
Jan 20, 2021, 5:38 pm By Alexandria Herr
After 12 embattled years of approval, cancellation, and re-approval, Keystone XL may be done for…Biden just put the US back in the Paris Agreement. Now the pressure is on.
Jan 20, 2021, 5:30 pm By Shannon Osaka
The United States is rejoining the Paris climate agreement, fulfilling one of President Joe…From doublespeak to alternative facts: How Trump made a mess of the language
Jan 20, 2021, 6:30 am By Kate Yoder
The 45th president of the United States lied about everything, even the weather. It started his…
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