Typhoon Yutu spurs disaster in a remote U.S. territory
Fri 7:14pm 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…The West Coast is fired up for a coal battle with Zinke
Oct 17, 2018, 7:41 pm By Greta Moran
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently proposed using military bases to export fossil fuels to Asia.…Before the South was hit by Hurricane Michael, it was hit by voter suppression
Oct 17, 2018, 2:03 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle and Southern Georgia last week, it devastated areas…Meet the New Yorker bringing solar home to Puerto Rico
Oct 17, 2018, 4:05 am By Justine Calma
Between dropping off his daughter at kindergarten and teaching classes at New York City’s Hunter…Climate change could double the cost of your beer
Oct 16, 2018, 6:32 pm By Eric Niiler
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Meaningful communities can come out of disaster
Oct 16, 2018, 1:30 pm By Eric Holthaus
This post is the latest from our weekly Climate of Courage newsletter. Sign up to get more of this…If Jeff Flake has taken up your cause, your cause is in danger
Oct 15, 2018, 5:05 pm By Eve Andrews
This weekend, someone — specifically, George Stephanopoulos — saw fit to ask Arizona Senator…If you’re suffering from climate grief, you’re not alone
Oct 15, 2018, 7:10 am By Eric Holthaus
Last week’s U.N. climate report gave a terrifyingly clear picture of a world on the brink of…We’re just beginning to understand the toll climate change takes on mental health
Oct 15, 2018, 1:05 am By Greta Moran
When psychiatrist Janet Lewis thinks back to the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo in 1989, she still…
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