NASA and NOAA: 2018’s heat was one for the record books
Feb 6, 2019, 5:58 pm By Greta Moran
The average global temperature is, like an escalator, undoubtedly moving in one direction. 2018…Don’t look now, but the House just woke up to the cost of climate inaction
Feb 6, 2019, 4:46 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
A bunch of Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives got together and came to…We’re getting close to a bill for the Green New Deal. Here’s what we (kinda) know.
Feb 6, 2019, 3:03 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The Green New Deal, that bold proposal to avoid catastrophic climate change, has been heralded as…What’s plastic doing to our bodies? This all-female team is investigating.
Feb 6, 2019, 6:48 am By Eve Andrews
When I arrive at the marina in Victoria on a late-July morning, the sky and water are complementary…What it would take to get a Green New Deal
Feb 5, 2019, 6:43 pm By Eric Holthaus
This post is the latest from our weekly Climate of Courage newsletter. Sign up to get more of this…Zinke out, Bernhardt in? It’s dirty business as usual at the Interior.
Feb 5, 2019, 4:24 pm By Greta Moran
Nearly two years after he rode a horse to his first day of work as Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke…Valve turners try to shut off Minnesota pipelines, say ‘politicians won’t act’
Feb 5, 2019, 1:12 pm By Eric Holthaus
Four climate activists attempted to shut down the Enbridge Line 3 and Line 4 pipelines, which carry…Climate change is altering the color of the oceans
Feb 5, 2019, 7:06 am By Matthew Taub
This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as part of…From ‘alligator pear’ to ‘avocado’: A plant-based diet meets marketing 101
Feb 5, 2019, 5:59 am By Nathanael Johnson
You probably would’ve never heard of the fuzzy little fruit known as the kiwi if it hadn’t had a…What’s next for the parched Colorado? The latest on the West’s drought drama
Feb 4, 2019, 7:26 pm By Eric Holthaus
A major deadline just passed without unanimous agreement among Western states over the future of the…These melting glaciers will have consequences for nearly a quarter of humanity
Feb 4, 2019, 6:45 pm By Greta Moran
The Hindu Kush region of the Himalayas has been long overlooked as a climate hot spot. The…Is Budweiser the king of green beers? We unpacked its Super Bowl ads
Feb 4, 2019, 6:40 pm By Claire Elise Thompson
Super Bowl LIII made history yesterday as the lowest-scoring NFL championship of all time. In other…European colonization of Americas killed so many it cooled Earth’s climate
Feb 4, 2019, 7:00 am By Oliver Milman
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood
Feb 3, 2019, 7:00 am By Jessica Kutz
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the…A Green New Deal must not sabotage climate goals
Feb 2, 2019, 7:00 am By Dana Nuccitelli
This story was originally published by the Bulletin and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…It’s Groundhog Day, so here’s the real dirt on your weather forecaster
Feb 2, 2019, 4:33 am By Zoe Sayler
It’s getting harder and harder to reconcile Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day predictions with…The Daily Shows’ response to Trump’s global warming tweet is
Feb 1, 2019, 6:43 pm By Zoya TeirsteinTemperatures in portions of the Midwest and Northeast hit sub-zero this week, and right on cue,…Cory Booker — and his full-throated support of nuclear energy — enters the presidential race
Feb 1, 2019, 4:51 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Cory Booker just announced he was joining the Democratic presidential primary race. Like a number of…If you won’t go vegan for the planet, do it for Beyoncé
Feb 1, 2019, 3:26 pm By Zoe Sayler
Beyoncé just did more for veganism in one Instagram post than every weird guy playing…No matter what happens on Groundhog Day, winters are getting shorter
Feb 1, 2019, 2:36 pm By Jesse Nichols
It’s maybe no secret that the shadow of a large squirrel isn’t an effective tool to determine…
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