It’s National Bike Month. Don’t let a flat tire deflate your spirits
May 22, 2019, 6:00 am By Chip Giller
May is National Bike Month, and while there are certainly some legitimate excuses for not hitting…Louisiana has a new plan to prevent flood disasters
May 21, 2019, 4:45 pm By Leta Dickinson
The most flood-prone state in the U.S. is taking strides to stay dry. Louisiana recently came out…Texans could get a year in prison for protesting pipelines on their own land
May 21, 2019, 3:18 pm By Naveena Sadasivam
The fight against a Texas pipeline just got a little more challenging. On Monday, the Texas Senate…The royal baby is cute and all, but hello, the planet is on fire
May 21, 2019, 2:15 pm By Lisa Hymas
Here’s a sign of how badly the big networks are blowing it: ABC’s World News Tonight spent more…How did Minneapolis and Seattle get people on board with contentious — yet dry — housing policy?
May 21, 2019, 6:00 am By Philip Kiefer
On a sunny Friday evening in early April, a group of Seattle activists met in a window-lined, trendy…With Game of Thrones finale, sewage finally gets the primetime treatment
May 20, 2019, 7:29 pm By Jesse Nichols
Game of Thrones is a series known for its nearly 6,000 onscreen deaths. But in the finale, the…Feeling deflated on climate? This newsletter will get you rolling again
May 20, 2019, 12:47 pm By Chip Giller
Hey there, Climate change is just about the biggest, muckiest problem I can think of. Going it alone…The bad news about nudges: They might be backfiring
May 20, 2019, 7:07 am By Kate Yoder
Nudges, those tweaks that use behavioral science to help people make smarter decisions, are popular…Rising seas threaten to swamp a rare firefly’s habitat
May 20, 2019, 6:30 am By Naveena Sadasivam
When’s the last time you saw a firefly? Chances are, not recently. And, if you did, you probably…Disney World’s literal nuclear option, explained
May 19, 2019, 7:00 am By Rebecca Renner
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…5G networks could throw weather forecasting into chaos
May 18, 2019, 8:00 am By Eric Niiler
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…This casino’s microgrid might be the future of energy
May 18, 2019, 7:00 am By Matt Simon
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Scientists are baffled by a giant spike in this greenhouse gas (it’s not CO2)
May 17, 2019, 7:00 am By Leta Dickinson
The unexpected culprit that could throw a wrench in the world’s efforts to stop climate change?…There are glimmers of a Green New Deal in Inslee’s big new climate plan
May 17, 2019, 6:00 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe little-known governor of Washington state just unveiled the ambitious second phase of his…New York’s Williams Pipeline is denied (but not dead)
May 16, 2019, 4:52 pm By Justine Calma
When Lee Ziesche heard that New York state regulators had denied the operator of the Williams…Houston teen: Why my oil-soaked city could be ground zero for a greener future
May 16, 2019, 3:00 pm By Shania Hurtado
On March 15, I organized the Youth Climate Rally in Houston, Texas, which brought 50 students to…Puerto Rico got rid of its coal ash pits. Now the company responsible is moving them to Florida
May 16, 2019, 7:00 am By Justine Calma
This past January, Itiba De Jesus moved to St. Cloud, in Osceola County, Florida, in search of…Bureau of Land Management scrubs stewardship language from news releases
May 16, 2019, 7:00 am By Chris D'Angelo
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…How do I explore the woods without ruining them?
May 16, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, I’ve just gotten into camping and hiking and spending time in nature at the worst…The plastic industry is on track to produce as many emissions as 600 coal-fired power plants
May 16, 2019, 6:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
When you think about plastic, what comes to mind? Microplastics at the bottom of the Mariana Trench,…
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