Insurance experts rank climate change as top risk for 2019
May 3, 2019, 1:08 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
It’s no secret that climate change comes at a cost — so much so that even the insurance industry…A tale of two Washingtons: How Jay Inslee aims to take his climate plan nationwide
May 3, 2019, 8:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
On a recent spring evening in Seattle, a crowd of nearly 1,000 gathered for a glimpse at one of the…Should I trade in my grocery trips for a meal kit subscription?
May 3, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
Dear Umbra, I just saw a study about how home-delivered meal kits have a smaller carbon footprint…The House passes a climate bill for the first time in a freaking decade
May 2, 2019, 5:41 pm By Zoya Teirstein
On Thursday, the newly Democratic House came out swinging by passing a climate bill for the first…Renewable energy outpaced coal in April for the first time ever
May 2, 2019, 5:05 pm By Leta Dickinson
In April, renewables outpaced coal in energy production in the U.S. for the first time — ever. And…Climate experts to New York: Go green or go home
May 2, 2019, 4:42 pm By Molly Enking
Thirty-five scholars, policy experts, and researchers from across the country are urging New York…‘Our last truly wild place’: New documentary takes you on a trip to the Texas border
May 2, 2019, 6:46 am By Naveena Sadasivam
Ben Masters readily admits that his new documentary, The River and the Wall, doesn’t fully capture…America’s largest irrigated crop is in your yard
May 2, 2019, 6:17 am By Daniel Penner
View the video in your browser Lawns suck up water, fertilizer, and time. Here’s a look at how we…Lawns are the No. 1 agricultural ‘crop’ in America. They need to die.
May 2, 2019, 6:08 am By Eric Holthaus
As a new homeowner, my strategy for finding a house was probably a little different than most: I…‘Climate denial’ just made it into the dictionary. Wait, what?
May 2, 2019, 6:03 am By Kate Yoder
The world is on fire, and so is our vocabulary. Merriam-Webster added 640 new words to its online…Los Angeles launched its own Green New Deal
May 1, 2019, 5:37 pm By Sanjana Karanth
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…New Yorkers might soon have a constitutional right to clean air and water
May 1, 2019, 4:11 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
Lawmakers in Albany saw green on Tuesday as the Dem-controlled New York State Legislature passed a…Indonesia might need a new capital because of climate change
May 1, 2019, 2:55 pm By Leta Dickinson
Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, has its fair share of problems: terrible traffic that can turn a 25…How Linda Garcia risked everything to keep Big Oil out of her community
May 1, 2019, 1:59 pm By Nina Lakhani
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…China’s plan to reduce smog basically just moved it to other areas
May 1, 2019, 6:02 am By Molly Enking
The Beijing air was so polluted, you couldn’t see to the other side of the street. Thousands of…Republican Rep. Mike Simpson: It’s my party and I’ll fight climate change if I want to
May 1, 2019, 6:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
In deep red Idaho, out of sight of the national news media and out of reach of the Twitterati, a…Green New Deal activists make first 2020 endorsement in wildfire-burned California
Apr 30, 2019, 4:41 pm By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Climate-friendly farming is taking root in New York
Apr 30, 2019, 6:00 am By Greta Moran
Didi Barrett, a New York state assemblymember, has visited Stone House Grain, a farm in the Hudson…The Koch brothers are funding Facebook’s newest fact-checking partner
Apr 29, 2019, 5:39 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
Is Facebook trying to solve its fake news problem by partnering with … climate deniers? Last week,…Beto’s first major 2020 policy proposal is a $5 trillion climate plan
Apr 29, 2019, 4:50 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Not to be outdone by Elizabeth Warren’s public lands bill or Cory Booker’s environmental…
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