Why is recycling so confusing? You can blame Big Oil
Sep 11, 2020, 3:31 pm By Eve Andrews
It turns out that the reason there’s so much plastic shit in the ocean isn’t that you haven’t…Oregon’s air quality is so far beyond ‘hazardous’ that no one knows what it means for health
Sep 11, 2020, 2:37 pm By Joseph Winters
As wildfires rage across much of California and the Pacific Northwest, smoke continues to clog the…How California can recover from wildfires without leaving its most vulnerable behind
Sep 11, 2020, 10:39 am By Yvette Cabrera
As fires consume more than 3 million acres across the Golden State this year, state and local…Biofuels are a controversial climate solution. Could they still help save the planet?
Sep 11, 2020, 3:59 am By Emily Pontecorvo
Of all the tools we have to curb climate change, devoting land to growing bioenergy crops is among…Report: Black households spend almost 50 percent more on utilities than white households
Sep 10, 2020, 11:00 am By Angely Mercado
By the end of this month, tens of millions of households in the U.S. stand to lose protections…How apocalyptic this fire season is — in 1 flaming chart
Sep 10, 2020, 3:59 am By Shannon Osaka
It’s still 2020 and the pandemic-slash-climate change apocalypse just got even worse. The West…Would legalizing cocaine be good for the planet?
Sep 10, 2020, 3:58 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, Legalization of cocaine and crack would boost general human happiness without…U.S. regulators woke up and realized climate change could cause a financial crisis
Sep 10, 2020, 3:56 am By Emily Pontecorvo
For the first time in U.S. history, a federal regulatory agency has put out a report recognizing…56 days before the election, Trump bans offshore drilling off three Republican states
Sep 10, 2020, 3:55 am By Zoya Teirstein
Something weird happened at a Trump campaign appearance in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday. President…How COVID-19 is a threat to the premise of public transit
Sep 9, 2020, 3:58 am By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser Transit’s superpower is extra vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how.…Illustration: What does the fossil fuel industry have to do with police brutality?
Sep 9, 2020, 3:55 am By Alexandria Herr
This illustration was based on the article How the fossil fuel industry drives climate change and…Asbestos abatement is one of America’s deadliest jobs. Does it have to be?
Sep 8, 2020, 3:59 am By Sofia Quaglia
It was just before dawn as seven bulky men in T-shirts and sweatpants gathered in front of a…Nuclear power’s big new idea is really … small
Sep 8, 2020, 3:57 am By Nathanael Johnson
Nuclear power, as a rule, is big. Big structures. Big budgets. Producing a big stream of electrons.…How SUVs conquered the world — at the expense of its climate
Sep 7, 2020, 3:59 am By Oliver Milman
This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate…Portuguese youth are suing 33 countries over the climate crisis
Sep 6, 2020, 3:59 am By Jonathan Watts
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…House Democrats demand climate be ‘centerpiece’ of 2020 presidential debates
Sep 5, 2020, 3:59 am By Chris D'AngeloThis story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Too many Americans live in ‘sacrifice zones.’ Let’s fix that.
Sep 4, 2020, 2:21 pm By Dieynabou Barry
Coronavirus transmission rates may be down in New York City, but in the Bronx, my community is still…Emissions from airplanes nearly doubled in two decades
Sep 4, 2020, 11:10 am By Zoya Teirstein
Five months ago, as COVID-19 cases were rising for the first time across the United States and the…New York’s plastic bag ban has survived the pandemic
Sep 4, 2020, 3:55 am By Angely Mercado
It’s a great time for New Yorkers to start investing in reusable grocery bags. Late last month, a…A plan to commemorate EPA’s 50th anniversary with a Boy Scout award has no merit
Sep 4, 2020, 3:54 am By Derrick Z. Jackson
In more sane times, it would be natural for the Boy Scouts of America to share its do-gooder image…
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