The fight for a climate debate, explained
Jun 25, 2019, 5:35 pm By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser Candidates and activists are pushing for a Democratic presidential…Clean energy requires rare metals. Should we mine the ocean floor to get them?
Jun 25, 2019, 6:10 am By Leta Dickinson
Our need for metals runs deep. How deep, you might ask? Why, up to 16,000 feet deep, in the form of…Dozens of public health groups call for urgent climate action
Jun 25, 2019, 6:01 am By Paola Rosa-Aquino
Over 70 medical and public health organizations called on elected (and hoping-to-be-elected)…As Democrats prep for debate in Florida, a 17,000-acre fire burns in the Everglades
Jun 24, 2019, 7:20 pm By Zoya Teirstein
On Wednesday, the first Democratic debate will take place in Miami, Florida. The candidates will…Residents say they’ve already had enough as investigation starts into Philadelphia refinery fire
Jun 24, 2019, 7:11 pm By Rachel Ramirez
When a loud blast awakened Irene Russell at 4 a.m. Friday morning, she thought someone was trying to…Watch this cringe-worthy clip of Vice President Mike Pence dodging a climate question
Jun 24, 2019, 4:44 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Vice President Mike Pence was on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, and things got … heated.…Watch out, Big Oil. Jay Inslee’s back at it again with a greenhouse gas fee.
Jun 24, 2019, 3:18 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Adding to his growing stack of policies aimed at averting the climate crisis, Washington Governor…This North Carolina lawmaker is trying to slam the brakes on wind. Again.
Jun 24, 2019, 5:59 am By Naveena Sadasivam
North Carolina State Senator Harry Brown just doesn’t like wind. Two years after the Republican…Desalination plants are here, but they’re not solving the water crisis yet
Jun 23, 2019, 10:19 am By Jim Robbins
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…New report: How green orgs can retain diverse staff
Jun 21, 2019, 6:40 pm By Justine Calma
People of color are among the biggest advocates for the environment — after all, many of them live…It’s always summer now — so dress like it
Jun 21, 2019, 4:37 pm By Zoe Sayler
It’s the first day of summer. In case you haven’t gotten the memo: You don’t want to be caught…Seattle is already prepping for another hellish summer of smoke
Jun 21, 2019, 3:00 pm By Zoya Teirstein
In Seattle, blissfully blue summer skies are usually the reward you get for suffering through months…Growing body of science links fracking to harm to health
Jun 21, 2019, 7:02 am By Molly Enking
There’s a steadily growing body of science on the connection between fracking and human health,…Warmer waters mess with the Northeast’s cod-given right to fish
Jun 21, 2019, 6:00 am By Elia Kabanov
Fishing has been the economic and cultural pillar for many coastal towns along the Northeast coast…Oregon Republicans go into hiding to avoid voting on climate bill
Jun 20, 2019, 7:50 pm By Kate Yoder
Oregon’s Senate Republicans have left the statehouse. No, they’re not on vacation. They’re in…Teaching kids about climate science might not be enough
Jun 20, 2019, 7:00 am By Zoe Sayler
It’s a daunting task, keeping a bunch of 12-year-olds interested in something for an entire school…What is a ‘climate refugee’ and how many are there?
Jun 20, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, How many climate refugees are there? Worried About Number of Dying Earth’s Refugees…Cold War-era spy satellites have a lot to tell us about the changing climate
Jun 20, 2019, 6:03 am By Molly Enking
Dead bodies starting to thaw on Mount Everest, flooding from glacial lakes, dams bursting and…Can climate change be stopped? Here’s what the Democratic presidential candidates say.
Jun 19, 2019, 8:30 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Can climate change be stopped? That’s a question the New York Times posed to 21 of the 22…Trump’s climate ‘plan’ is finally here, and it’s already headed to court
Jun 19, 2019, 6:41 pm By Justine Calma
The Trump administration just placed a nail in the coffin of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, which…
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