Why does Joe Biden call climate change an ‘enormous opportunity’?
Aug 24, 2020, 3:59 am By Kate Yoder
Flanked by two American flags, Joe Biden delivered an optimistic speech to accept the Democratic…One solution to California’s blackouts? The world’s biggest battery.
Aug 24, 2020, 3:55 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Move over, Australia — California has stolen the claim for largest battery installation in the…New York City’s hottest new energy fight
Aug 23, 2020, 3:50 am By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Big businesses may be turning over a new (green) leaf
Aug 22, 2020, 9:00 am By Chip Giller
Hey there, Imagine a leading oil company cutting fossil-fuel production by 40 percent. Or a tech…Donald Trump, Kanye West, and a weird western bird are all somehow involved in a major conservation battle
Aug 22, 2020, 3:55 am By Jackie Flynn Mogensen
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…If it’s August, the West must be on fire
Aug 21, 2020, 3:58 am By Nathanael Johnson
The West is burning. Wildfires are spreading in every state west of the Rocky Mountains and there…Meet the orgs helping youth of color safely enjoy the outdoors, despite a pandemic
Aug 21, 2020, 3:55 am By Angely Mercado
Anjolie “Angie” Charles, a 19-year-old from Altadena, California, found herself suddenly…In Appalachia, he’s helping former miners dig into new opportunities
Aug 21, 2020, 3:50 am By Adrienne Day
A sixth-generation West Virginian, Brandon Dennison knows coal country and what the decline of…The DNC virtual roll call was also a cry for climate action
Aug 20, 2020, 3:59 am By Shannon Osaka
In one of the highlights of Tuesday night’s occasionally awkward, virtual Democratic National…The DNC won’t oppose fossil fuel subsidies. How much am I paying for them?
Aug 20, 2020, 3:58 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, How much are we paying for pollutants in tax subsidies for fossil fuels? — Please…Renewables didn’t cause California’s blackouts. So what did?
Aug 20, 2020, 3:58 am By Nathanael Johnson
Energy grids are straining under the weight of millions of air conditioners as heat has engulfed the…Will fossil fuel sponsors be allowed at the next U.N. climate conference?
Aug 20, 2020, 3:55 am By Emily Pontecorvo
For the first time ever, the most important international climate change conference will put its…Forty miles from Mar-a-Lago, the simple act of breathing is a struggle for these Black Floridians
Aug 19, 2020, 6:55 am By Gilda Di Carli
The simple act of breathing has been a challenge for residents of the Glades, a small rural…The irony: ConocoPhillips hopes to freeze thawing permafrost to drill more oil
Aug 19, 2020, 3:56 am By Shannon Osaka
Living on a heating planet always comes with some ironies. For one thing, the people who are most to…An oil well right next to your house? The California Senate says that’s OK.
Aug 19, 2020, 3:55 am By Alexandria Herr
A bill that would have fought pollution and environmental racism by mandating a buffer zone between…‘This election is bigger than our generation or even our country’
Aug 18, 2020, 2:10 pm By Nikayla Jefferson
I’m 23 and co-chaired the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign for California because, despite the age gap…The first undeniable climate change deaths
Aug 18, 2020, 3:50 am By Daniel Merino
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Building climate resilience in a post-COVID world
Aug 17, 2020, 11:37 am By Grist Creative
This article is published in partnership with: Over the next 40 years, the world is expected to…Melting ice is a gift to the fossil fuel tankers navigating the Arctic
Aug 17, 2020, 3:59 am By Maria Gallucci
A stocky blue 980-foot-long tanker named Christophe de Margerie sailed from Russia’s far-north…When facts fail to convince, storytelling may do the trick
Aug 17, 2020, 3:55 am By Kate Yoder
Facts are great and all, but sometimes you just need to tell a good story. Sharing personal…
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