Container ships are getting cleaner, but the effort is adrift
Aug 29, 2018, 6:48 am By Maria Gallucci
The giant vessels that carry colorful boxes of cargo around the world are becoming more energy…Hurricane Maria’s official death toll just jumped from 64 to 2,975
Aug 28, 2018, 7:49 pm By Eric Holthaus
A new report commissioned by the Puerto Rico government estimated that 2,975 people died in the…When coal goes low, Colorado goes Rocky Mountain High
Aug 28, 2018, 5:21 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Colorado’s high, clean mountain air has only been getting higher, thanks to wafting cannabis…California’s most vulnerable were already breathing bad air. Heat and wildfires are making things worse
Aug 28, 2018, 2:55 pm By Justine Calma
Carey Poindexter has been checking the air quality before deciding whether it’s safe to go outside…What does wildfire smoke mean for the people who breathe it?
Aug 28, 2018, 2:22 pm By Jesse Nichols
View the video in your browser This summer, a smokestorm rolled through the West. The sun took on an…John McCain was a climate hero, too
Aug 27, 2018, 11:05 am By Eric Holthaus
Dozens of epitaphs written over the weekend proclaim the late U.S. Senator John McCain as an…After a hard week of dismantling environmental regulations, Trump starts in on renewables
Aug 24, 2018, 6:17 pm By Zoya Teirstein
President Trump and his merry band of deregulators unveiled a stripped version of President…Trump has had it out for wind power since at least 2012
Aug 24, 2018, 6:17 pm By Zoya TeirsteinUpdated to reflect our realization that Trump’s tweet about wind turbines and bald eagles is…Farmworkers are dying from extreme heat
Aug 24, 2018, 2:45 pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…One year after Harvey, Houston awaits the next flood
Aug 24, 2018, 2:41 pm By Stephen Paulsen
Darlene Wilkens’ branch of Spartan Insurance had flooded before, but never like this. A year ago,…Hawaii’s Hurricane Lane is already a flooding catastrophe
Aug 24, 2018, 1:55 pm By Eric Holthaus
A rare hurricane is dousing Hawaii, producing flooding, power outages, and washing away roads —…What’s a smokestorm? A meteorologist explains.
Aug 23, 2018, 6:21 pm By Kate Yoder
As wildfire smoke descended on Seattle this week, the sun turned an apocalyptic shade of red and the…When Trump tries to bring back coal, these communities pay the price
Aug 23, 2018, 4:07 pm By Justine Calma
Christina Zacny has a rare immunological condition, mast cell activation syndrome. “I’m…Washington state residents resort to giant fans and throwing rocks at the smoke to get it to go away
Aug 23, 2018, 3:58 pm By Zoya Teirstein
This week, breathing in Seattle air was the equivalent to smoking around a third of a pack of…Bigger, stronger, rainier: Is Hawaii’s Hurricane Lane a sign of what’s to come?
Aug 22, 2018, 5:36 pm By Eric Holthaus
Hurricane Lane, one of the strongest hurricanes ever measured in the Central Pacific Ocean, is on a…Trump’s attacks on public lands could help Democrats out West
Aug 22, 2018, 3:19 pm By Jessica Kutz
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and High Country News and is reproduced here…The EPA’s coal plan is a ripoff for Americans, according the EPA
Aug 22, 2018, 2:50 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Trump administration’s newest proposal to weaken regulations on coal-fired power plants is…Courage and bolt-cutters: Meet the next generation of climate activists
Aug 22, 2018, 7:01 am By Eric Holthaus
My generation, the millennials, will never know a time when climate change wasn’t a grave threat.…Trump’s power plan proposal is “about coal at all costs”
Aug 21, 2018, 4:05 pm By Dan Spinelli
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…The modern automobile must die
Aug 21, 2018, 3:08 pm By Emily Atkin
This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part of…
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