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,…In the warming Arctic, a promising solution to climate change
3:53pm By Grist Creative
This article is published in partnership with: In the early hours of a November dawn, Dr. Leslie…Carbon dioxide levels just hit 415 ppm. Who saw this coming? Exxon Mobil.
3:34pm By Leta Dickinson
Want to see something terrifying? Watch atmospheric carbon emissions climb to the new all-time high…We’ve spent 100 years growing a tinderbox across the West. Now it’s wildfire season.
12:42pm By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser In a world of out-of-control wildfires, it’s hard to imagine a…Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’ve got a blind spot as big as the planet
7:10am By Kate Yoder
What if we saw things for what they really are? Coal bears little resemblance to a bundle of…
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