It takes more than a hurricane to sway some voters in this Texas election
Oct 30, 2018, 7:26 pm By Stephen Paulsen
John Culberson, a United State congressman who represents west Houston, has long questioned “the…5 House races where climate could tip the election
Oct 30, 2018, 7:26 pm By Jesse Nichols
Earlier this fall, the world’s top climate scientists gave humanity about 10 years to avoid a…Big Oil wants to kill a carbon price with one simple trick (it’s $$$)
Oct 30, 2018, 6:23 pm By Kate Yoder
Voters could pass the country’s first fee on carbon next week, and Big Oil is going all out to…The world is a giant trash pecan and now there’s a Ben & Jerry’s flavor for that
Oct 30, 2018, 5:20 pm By Zoya TeirsteinWhat a week: 11 people dead in Pittsburgh, the election of the Trump of the Tropics, fear mongering…A major setback in Brazil
Oct 30, 2018, 4:55 pm By Eric Holthaus
This post is the latest from our weekly Climate of Courage newsletter. Sign up to get more of this…Yes, trans rights are an environmental issue too
Oct 29, 2018, 4:34 pm By Justine Calma
The environmental and LGBT movements have more in common than you might think. They both have a…This little island wrote the blueprint for how to save our oceans
Oct 27, 2018, 7:00 am By Sandra Laville
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…5 things I learned from watching political ads that actually mention climate
Oct 26, 2018, 8:02 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Politicians usually like to play it safe with their campaign ads: American flags, factories,…Typhoon Yutu spurs disaster in a remote U.S. territory
Oct 26, 2018, 7:14 pm By Eric HolthausFar away from the mainland, American citizens are reeling from a direct hit by Super Typhoon Yutu.…The dream (of democracy and climate action) is alive in Portland
Oct 25, 2018, 7:45 pm By Eric Holthaus
It’s a pretty bad time for climate change and democracy. Brazil’s right-wing populist candidate…Trump has an F in science. Can we change that?
Oct 25, 2018, 6:15 pm By Zoya Teirstein
It’s no secret that President Trump doesn’t have a firm grasp of climate science. I mean,…The debate is over: We need to start sucking carbon from the air
Oct 24, 2018, 7:01 pm By Nathanael Johnson
If we don’t suck carbon now, life will suck later. That’s the underlying theme of a report out…New York just filed a big ol’ lawsuit against ExxonMobil
Oct 24, 2018, 6:49 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Donald Trump has said time and time again that he only hires “the best people.” He sure ends up…If nature doesn’t need trash, neither do we
Oct 24, 2018, 2:52 pm By Clare Miflin
Now that summer has faded away so too has the persistent stench of garbage piled on sidewalks and…Let’s talk about ‘our’ responsibility on climate
Oct 24, 2018, 1:36 pm By Eric Holthaus
This post is the latest from our weekly Climate of Courage newsletter. Sign up to get more of this…South Bronx teens get creative about climate change
Oct 23, 2018, 2:21 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
On a recent fall afternoon in the South Bronx, a cadre of high schoolers, teenagers, and community…The midterms could spell the end of this bipartisan climate caucus
Oct 23, 2018, 7:00 am By Natasha Geiling
In the past two years, dozens of Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. House of…Could termites teach us how to save the world?
Oct 22, 2018, 6:59 am By Nathanael Johnson
After being neck deep in oil for nearly a decade, it made perfect sense that the writer Lisa…Here’s what climate scientist James Hansen would have said in the Valve Turner trial
Oct 18, 2018, 6:31 pm By Greta Moran
Most activists are relieved if a judge frees them from the charges brought against them. But when…A new documentary puts fresh, young faces on the old debate over nuclear power
Oct 18, 2018, 5:59 am By Nathanael Johnson
Environmentalists have a long, messy history with nuclear power. The relationship twined with the…
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