Metro areas can grow and cut emissions at the same time. Here’s how.
Jun 28, 2018, 5:56 pm By Greta JochemCities have a problem: They’re growing. But at the same time, they’re trying to slash their…Losing Justice Kennedy puts fundamental environmental protections in peril
Jun 28, 2018, 1:28 pm By Eric HolthausIn a letter hand-delivered to President Trump on Wednesday, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his…Trump’s new tariffs could make America suck again for coal miners
Jun 28, 2018, 7:00 am By Zoya TeirsteinOne of President Trump’s new policies is making America less great for the very people he promised…Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is retiring. Here’s what that means for the environment.
Jun 27, 2018, 5:36 pm By Shannon OsakaAnthony Kennedy is retiring, and progressives around the country are trying not to freak out. The…With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory, Congress will likely gain a new climate champion
Jun 27, 2018, 12:08 pm By Eric HolthausOn Tuesday night, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez toppled a 10-term Congressman from New York…Japan and Europe have wonderful train systems. Why can’t we?
Jun 27, 2018, 5:32 am By Daniel Penneroriginal video: https://youtu.be/NKc4DDlddxY It’s no secret that the U.S. passenger rail system…Big Oil touts offshore drilling jobs to communities most harmed by oil
8:40pm By Justine CalmaEarlier this month, the American Petroleum Institute, the biggest U.S. trade organization for oil…Here’s why the Bay Area lost its lawsuit against Big Oil
7:52pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe judge who famously convened a climate tutorial threw out a case against Big Oil on Tuesday. San…A ferry that runs on hydrogen fuel cells is coming to San Francisco
Mon 9:01am By Maria GallucciAfter Tom Escher took over his family’s century-old ferry company in 1997, he wanted to buy a…‘He’s a political prisoner’: Standing Rock activists face years in jail
Jun 23, 2018, 7:00 am By Sam LevinThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…The EPA thinks its hurricane response was so great it ordered special coins for everyone
Jun 23, 2018, 5:00 am By Zoya TeirsteinWelcome to today’s episode of Trump’s America, in which the Mr. Burns of the EPA spent $8,522.50…Your sustainable scallops might have been caught with the help of shady labor practices
Jun 22, 2018, 1:40 pm By Justine CalmaHari Pulapaka, chef and owner of the restaurant Cress in Deland, Florida, prides himself on his…James Hansen’s legacy: Scientists reflect on climate change in 1988, 2018, and 2048
Jun 22, 2018, 12:52 pm By Eric HolthausThirty years ago this week, NASA scientist James Hansen testified to Congress that the age of…As coral reefs suffer from climate change, researchers aim at a new target: snails
Jun 22, 2018, 7:01 am By Shannon OsakaIt seems like it’s always bad news for coral reefs. The ocean is acidifying, the Great Barrier…The water crisis the Trump administration didn’t want you to know about
Jun 22, 2018, 7:00 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe government just released a huge study about chemicals. Mazel tov! You made it through the most…Republicans are backing a ‘carbon dividend.’ What the heck is that?
Jun 21, 2018, 7:00 am By Kate YoderFederal climate action may seem like a far-off prospect, but that’s not stopping a new group of…The Koch brothers hate public transit. But they can’t always stop projects in their tracks.
Jun 20, 2018, 3:14 pm By Shannon OsakaThe infamous Koch brothers have bankrolled climate deniers, propped up polluting industries, and…The government has been separating children from parents at the border. Now the border is flooding.
Jun 20, 2018, 2:11 pm By Eric HolthausTorrential rains flooded south Texas on Wednesday morning, the latest danger in an escalating crisis…San Francisco residents were sure nearby industry was harming their health. They were right.
Jun 20, 2018, 9:58 am By Greta JochemFor decades, the residents of San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood have sounded the…Why it’s OK to change your mind, from a former anti-GMO activist
Jun 20, 2018, 7:40 am By Nathanael JohnsonOnce upon a time, shortly after the age of bloodletting, people thought that facts could change…
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