Trump’s New York buildings need to cut emissions or pay millions in fines
6:20pm By Justine Calma“Don’t mess with your hometown.” That was the message New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had…New map shows all the cities leading the world in climate action
4:52pm By Zoya Teirstein
Have you heard about the A list? It’s harder to clinch a spot on it than it is to score an invite…Watch John Oliver explain the Green New Deal like only he can
4:16pm By Leta Dickinson
View the video in your browser In typical John Oliver…Get ready for more back-to-back heat waves, study says
7:00am By Justine Calma
Last July, temperatures in Waco, Texas reached an all-time high of 114 degrees Fahrenheit. It was…Springtime, and the renewables are surging
1:26am By Nathanael Johnson
New records for green electricity sprout up every spring like daffodils. Look at the recent run of…Which cities have concrete strategies for environmental justice?
Sun 7:00am By Nicole Javorsky
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…California defies Trump to ban pesticide linked to childhood brain damage
May 11, 2019, 7:00 am By Sam Levin
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Joe Biden looks to revive Obama’s climate plan. Scientists say that’s not good enough.
May 11, 2019, 6:00 am By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…With sea levels rising, why don’t more Indonesians believe in human-caused climate change?
May 10, 2019, 2:02 pm By Leta Dickinson
Are humans to blame for climate change? A full 97 percent of climate scientists say yes. But if you…Dam it all: More than half of the world’s long rivers are blocked by infrastucture
May 9, 2019, 5:49 pm By Rachel Ramirez
It hasn’t even been a week since the U.N. released a depressing report on biodiversity, and now, a…This U.N. biodiversity report has me super bummed. What can I do?
May 9, 2019, 4:27 pm By Eve Andrews
Q. Dear Umbra, I was sad to see a distressingly long list at the Woodland Park Zoo of extinct tiger…Hold on to your buns, because fake burgers are going wild
May 8, 2019, 7:54 pm By Leta Dickinson
The company that saw the most successful first day in U.S. IPO listings since the 2008 financial…Air pollution in some national parks is as bad as Los Angeles
May 8, 2019, 5:00 pm By Molly Enking
This summer, millions of families will flock to national parks like Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and…With hurricane season looming, Trump is blocking relief funds and mocking Puerto Rico
May 8, 2019, 1:44 pm By Nathalie BaptisteThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The U.N. says 1 million species could disappear. Pacific islands have a solution
May 8, 2019, 7:00 am By Carlotta Leon Guerrero
Last week, a global scientific assessment found the business-as-usual approach to conservation is…The Arctic Council brought up climate change, and the U.S. couldn’t handle the heat
May 7, 2019, 7:50 pm By Leta Dickinson
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to sign the consensus-dependent agreement…1 in 5 Americans now live in places committed to 100% clean power
May 7, 2019, 6:09 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Obsession with the families Stark (both the Iron Man and Iron Throne) is fleeting, but it’s…Who wore ‘camp’ better: The Met Gala or climate change?
May 7, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
When I told a room of environmental journalists that the Met Gala theme this year was “camp,” I…Hate to sound like a broken record, but we just set a scary new CO2 record
May 7, 2019, 6:06 am By Kate Yoder
Just the news you’ve been waiting for: The amount of carbon dioxide in our planet’s atmosphere…The TL;DR on that report that says we’re killing off everything
May 6, 2019, 8:19 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Have you heard the news? In our relatively short time on this little blue dot, humankind has managed…
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