The White House calls food stamp funds for Puerto Rico “excessive and unnecessary”
Jan 18, 2019, 1:21 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
The White House is all about providing piles of fast food to elite college athletes, but when it…Doctors call on the health sector to take action on climate change
Jan 18, 2019, 7:00 am By Justine Calma
Climate change could take a greater toll on global health than previously estimated. That’s…The debate is over: The oceans are in hot, hot water
Jan 17, 2019, 7:14 pm By Eric Holthaus
The Earth’s surface is 70 percent water, but even that underestimates how vital ocean health is to…Here’s where 2020 presidential candidate Julián Castro stands on the environment
Jan 17, 2019, 4:48 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Last week, President Obama’s former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro…Gavin Newsom talks tough (with pie charts!) about California’s climate goals
Jan 17, 2019, 4:42 pm By Nathanael Johnson
California’s new governor started his term with gusto this month, presenting a set of policy…Mary Oliver, the poet who saw the wilderness in humanity
Jan 17, 2019, 4:14 pm By Eric Holthaus
Few poets have had the ability to so beautifully articulate their love of nature as well as Mary…I hated vegetables — until I befriended vegetarians
Jan 17, 2019, 1:03 pm By Eric Kim
This post originally appeared in Vegetable on Food52. I used to go days without eating a single…After Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken rebuilt itself for climate change
Jan 17, 2019, 5:54 am By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser Six years after Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, is redesigning…Want to pick up litter while jogging?
Jan 16, 2019, 6:16 pm By Claire Elise ThompsonAre you already falling behind on your New Year’s fitness goals? Do you love a trend that combines…EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler wasn’t ready for the Senate’s questions on climate change
Jan 16, 2019, 5:37 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…9 science geeks you need to know
Jan 16, 2019, 12:59 pm By Zoe Sayler
If you’re anything like me, it’s been a rough month of trying to avoid Neil deGrasse Tyson. The…Does talking to people about climate change make any difference?
Jan 16, 2019, 7:00 am By Eve Andrews
Got a question for Umbra? Submit it here. Q. Let’s say I was able to visit one high school per…8 percent of Americans recently changed their minds on climate. What gives?
Jan 16, 2019, 6:46 am By Kate Yoder
For some people, the awakening comes in science class. In the Reddit thread titled “Former climate…One more reason not to drive in New York (that could also save the planet)
Jan 15, 2019, 6:26 pm By Eric Holthaus
New York could become the first U.S. city to charge people for driving a car downtown — that is,…Minnesota teens take a stand for the Green New Deal
Jan 15, 2019, 5:52 pm By Eric Holthaus
This post is the latest from our weekly Climate of Courage newsletter. Sign up to get more of this…U.S. smog can come from China? And other facts about pollution’s toxic travels
Jan 15, 2019, 2:55 pm By Greta Moran
Pollution knows no borders. Particulates from Asia can blow across the Pacific Ocean, creating…Watching too much hurricane coverage is bad for your mental health
Jan 15, 2019, 7:00 am By Justine Calma
When it comes to surviving climate disasters, it’s not necessarily over when the weather gets…PG&E’s bankruptcy will slow California’s climate efforts
Jan 15, 2019, 5:59 am By Nathanael Johnson
What happens when a state’s major partner in its green makeover suddenly goes bankrupt? California…Only you (and a bunch of goats) can prevent forest fires
Jan 14, 2019, 4:46 pm By Claire Elise Thompson
California has a wildfire problem — and it’s been getting worse and worse thanks to climate…Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
Jan 14, 2019, 4:25 pm By Brentin Mock
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…
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