Air pollution harms unborn babies. Now we might know why.
Sep 19, 2018, 12:36 pm By Paola Rosa-Aquino
Air pollution from a Pennsylvania coal-fired plant took its toll on the health of perhaps our most…Flood rat is a sign of wet times to come
Sep 19, 2018, 12:35 pm By Zoya Teirstein
On Tuesday, the last wafts of Hurricane Florence, the worst flood in East Coast history, drenched…A groundbreaking Hurricane Florence study could change how we think about climate
Sep 18, 2018, 7:33 pm By Kate Yoder
As Hurricane Florence approached the Carolinas last week, up to 1 million residents boarded up their…Florence is the worst flood in East Coast history. Here’s how locals describe it.
Sep 18, 2018, 10:44 am By Eric Holthaus
Many of the dire predictions came true. In the past few days, Hurricane Florence has become the…These residents face a double threat from Hurricane Florence and property rights
Sep 17, 2018, 8:14 pm By Laura Bliss
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Paul McCartney’s new climate anthem is fire
Sep 17, 2018, 6:31 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The music legend who co-wrote the 1966 hit The Yellow Submarine is back with another marine-themed…The private intelligence firm keeping tabs on environmentalists
Sep 15, 2018, 8:00 am By Adam Federman
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…One of the populations most vulnerable to climate change is locked up in the path of Hurricane Florence
Sep 14, 2018, 10:31 pm By Justine Calma
Mei Lo attended the Global Climate Action Summit to call attention to the inmates who couldn’t be…Tons of promises were made at Jerry Brown’s climate summit, but only one requires rockets
Sep 14, 2018, 9:04 pm By Nathanael Johnson
California’s Governor Jerry Brown, once nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam,” announced on Friday…Hurricane Florence’s catastrophic flooding is a sign of what’s to come
Sep 14, 2018, 5:40 pm By Greta Moran
Since barreling into North Carolina on Friday morning with gusts of up to 112 mph, Hurricane…Hospitals take aim at ‘the greatest health threat of the 21st century’
Sep 14, 2018, 5:29 pm By Justine Calma
One of the larger themes at this week’s massive Global Climate Action Summit taking place in San…Coal ash and hog manure could flood vulnerable communities in Hurricane Florence’s path
Sep 13, 2018, 8:12 pm By Lisa Hymas
North Carolina is home to 31 coal ash pits where Duke Energy stores an estimated 111 million tons of…A concept you learned in middle school math could save us from climate disaster
Sep 13, 2018, 7:15 pm By Nathanael Johnson
A scientist and a diplomat walked into the Global Climate Action Summit on Thursday and unveiled a…A nuclear plant designed like Fukushima is right in Florence’s path
Sep 13, 2018, 6:05 pm By Megan Molteni
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Jerry Brown has positioned himself as a climate change hero. Not everyone agrees.
Sep 13, 2018, 5:25 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…Climate summit protesters want to save the world without screwing over people
Sep 13, 2018, 5:00 pm By Justine Calma
An international collection of delegates in suits filed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center…The U.N.’s watchdog on indigenous rights has her eye on climate change initiatives
Sep 13, 2018, 3:50 pm By Justine Calma
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples,…Border walls don’t make the country safer — they make it more dangerous
Sep 13, 2018, 3:12 pm By Greta Moran
A few weeks after Customs and Border Control completed a border wall along Arizona’s southern…Trump just doubled down on a lie about Hurricane Maria’s death toll
Sep 13, 2018, 1:43 pm By Hannah Levintova
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…China and California want to trump Trump on climate. But can they act fast enough?
Sep 12, 2018, 8:28 pm By Nathanael Johnson
A romance between California and China blossomed on stage Wednesday morning at the opening ceremony…
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