FERC may finally help the public understand WTF it does
Jan 8, 2021, 6:30 am By Emily PontecorvoIf you’ve heard of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, commonly referred to as FERC, but…Climate change could take weather patterns back to the Pliocene
Jan 7, 2021, 2:47 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe West Coast drinks from the wind. When westerly gales carry humid air from the Pacific Ocean into…How 100% clean energy could power our cities and towns
Jan 7, 2021, 6:45 am By Daniel PennerView the video in your browser We built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we…What’s the bigger climate threat: Single-use plastic or long-haul shipping?
Jan 7, 2021, 6:33 am By Eve AndrewsQ. Dear Umbra, I want to use less plastic, but have no bulk stores nearby. I’m considering using…Can a city truly be 100% renewable? It’s complicated.
Jan 7, 2021, 6:30 am By Shannon OsakaIn 2014, Burlington, Vermont, the birthplace of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream and the stomping grounds…Democrats flip the Senate — illuminating a path forward on climate
Jan 6, 2021, 4:31 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe 2020 general election is finally over, more than two months after it began. The votes from two…Big businesses talk a big climate game — just not on Capitol Hill
Jan 6, 2021, 6:45 am By Nathanael JohnsonFor nearly a decade, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat of Rhode Island, has been beating the…From lab to plate: ‘Cultured meat’ finally hits the menu
Jan 6, 2021, 6:30 am By Cameron OglesbyLab-grown meat isn’t science fiction anymore. Last month, a restaurant in downtown Singapore…What the Georgia Senate candidates think about climate change
Jan 5, 2021, 6:45 am By Zoya TeirsteinIt may be a new year, but the 2020 election isn’t over yet. All eyes are on Georgia, where four…Biden nominees signal cooperation with states on climate
Jan 5, 2021, 6:30 am By Chris D'AngeloThis story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Green groups have a racism problem. Waterkeepers are trying to solve it.
Jan 4, 2021, 6:45 am By Cameron OglesbyIn August, the Waterkeeper Alliance, a global network of grassroots leaders dedicated to the…How activists successfully shut down key pipeline projects in New York
Jan 4, 2021, 6:15 am By Greta MoranIf all had gone according to plan, the Constitution pipeline would be carrying fracked gas 124 miles…‘I’ll be fierce for all of us’: Deb Haaland on climate, Native rights, and Biden
Jan 3, 2021, 6:00 am By Nina LakhaniThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…A wetter and warmer Alaska means dangerously slippery slopes
Jan 2, 2021, 6:00 am By Victoria PetersenThis story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the…A Massachusetts city will post climate change warning stickers at gas stations
Jan 1, 2021, 7:15 am By Oliver MilmanThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Drilling and mining companies got a holiday gift from Trump
Dec 31, 2020, 7:15 am By Cameron OglesbyFor a limited time only, some of America’s protected lands are open for heavy-duty industrial…A resolution for 2021: Be a better ancestor
Dec 30, 2020, 12:10 pm By Kate YoderWho needs the arrow of time, anyway? Roman Krznaric, an author and philosopher, is in search of…Fix got struck by climate cupid. Here’s who we’ve been crushing on this year.
Dec 30, 2020, 6:15 am By Brianna BakerA lot of good stuff got buried in the bad news avalanche that was 2020. But fear not! Fix shoveled…After a century of growth, have carbon emissions reached their peak?
Dec 29, 2020, 6:45 am By Shannon OsakaIn late March, approximately a third of the world’s population found themselves under some kind of…The environmental justice issue no one wants to talk about
Dec 29, 2020, 6:30 am By Angely MercadoEnvironmental justice is having a moment. The term, which encompasses the many ways by which…
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