6 reasons national parks need saving and not just celebrating
Apr 26, 2019, 6:07 am By Leta Dickinson
In one extreme: North America’s tallest peak, Mount Denali, looms in all its 20,310 feet of…What will a Jones Act waiver mean for Puerto Rico’s 100% renewable energy goal?
Apr 26, 2019, 6:01 am By Paola Rosa-Aquino
Will Puerto Rico have to keep up with the Joneses — by which, of course, we mean the Merchant…Climate change’s deadliest effects are unfolding under the sea
Apr 25, 2019, 7:25 pm By Molly Enking
Think of the dangers climate change poses to animals, and you’ll likely picture skinny polar bears…The U.S. is going to want to hide its air quality report card from its parents
Apr 25, 2019, 1:19 pm By Leta Dickinson
If air quality were college, the U.S. would have just flunked out. Over 40 percent of Americans, or…Joe Biden wants to be the anti-Trump. Here’s what that could mean for climate policy.
Apr 25, 2019, 8:10 am By Zoya Teirstein
Let’s play a game called two truths and a lie: Joe Biden is running for President. Joe Biden has…Are these ‘sustainable’ clothing brands the real deal?
Apr 25, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, I’ve been seeing a lot of ads for “environmentally friendly” or sustainable…Remember the rainforests? We still haven’t saved them.
Apr 25, 2019, 12:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
Every half hour, the world lost a football-field chunk of tropical forest in 2018. Over the course…Climate movement grandpa James Hansen says the Green New Deal is ‘nonsense’
6:10pm By Zoya Teirstein
In the 1980s, NASA scientist James Hansen brought climate change to the attention of Congress, and…This proposed pipeline is fracturing New York’s green new image
7:00am By Justine Calma
Rockaway peninsula is a sliver of land roughly 10 miles long and half a mile wide that juts out from…Washington and Nevada join the swelling list of states aiming for 100% clean power
6:00am By Nathanael Johnson
The peer pressure to clean up the electric grid is gripping the country. Recent weeks have brought a…Coming soon to a state near you: Human composting?
Tue 5:13pm By Molly Enking
On Friday, the Washington state legislature passed a bill that would make it the first state in the…This GIF captures just how gigantic the U.S. carbon footprint is
Tue 3:34pm By Zoya Teirstein
President Trump likes to say that fighting climate change would give China and India an upper hand…How one activist used a little shaming and a lot of patience to clean up Chinese factories
Tue 2:21pm By Will Ford
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…How to stave off that climate anxiety with a renewable energy supplier
Tue 12:19pm By btroyergrist
This article is published in partnership with: Sometimes, the myriad of ways in which we could…Study: Climate change makes rich countries richer and poor ones poorer
Tue 6:07am By Molly Enking
It’s not just capitalism that’s making the rich richer and the poor poorer: Climate change is…Internal document: Zinke’s big border drug bust nabbed a lot of pot
Tue 6:00am By Naveena Sadasivam
In May, then-Secretary Ryan Zinke sent law enforcement officers from his Department of Interior to…Jay Inslee turns up the pressure on the DNC to host a climate debate
Apr 22, 2019, 6:48 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The Democratic National Committee sets the tone for the Democratic party every big election. Issues…Humans vs animals: Can the climate movement have both mascots?
Apr 22, 2019, 5:59 pm By Justine Calma
Most parents understand the necessity of giving their little ones a push when the going gets tough…Trump issues Earth Day message without mentioning climate change
Apr 22, 2019, 3:42 pm By Oliver MilmanThis story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…A new study says meal kits may be greener than a trip to the store
Apr 22, 2019, 2:37 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
I’ll be the first to admit that I was skeptical of meal kits — you know, those…
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