As Gordon eyes the Gulf Coast, America’s most vulnerable shoreline girds itself
Sep 4, 2018, 4:12 pm By Eric Holthaus
The Gulf Coast is bracing for Tropical Storm Gordon, the latest extreme weather event to draw…On a sinking island, climate science takes a back seat to the Bible
Sep 3, 2018, 7:00 am By David J. Unger
This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…The bad news about your favorite Mexican beers
Sep 1, 2018, 7:00 am By Tom Philpott
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Carbon offsets for urban trees are on the horizon
Aug 31, 2018, 7:00 am By Maria Dolan
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Times Square drowns in a climate art exhibit
Aug 30, 2018, 1:43 pm By Lisa Selin Davis
It was one of those days when Manhattan felt like it was underwater: The air was soupy with August…The Environmental Voter Project knows who you are, and how to trick you into saving the planet
Aug 30, 2018, 7:00 am By Eve Andrews
Mary Elizabeth, a redheaded woman in exercise clothes, is holding an extremely bald, blubbery baby…California wants all of its electricity carbon-free. How’s that possible?
Aug 29, 2018, 7:25 pm By Nathanael Johnson
If you want to get electricity generated by fossil fuels in California you’re soon going to be out…A puzzling promo video earns the UN new criticism over its support of carbon offsets
Aug 29, 2018, 6:26 pm By Eric Holthaus
The international organization coordinating the world’s effort to stop global warming posted a…Tofurkey is suing over Missouri’s definition of ‘meat’
Aug 29, 2018, 2:10 pm By Kate Yoder
On Tuesday, Missouri became the first state to ban “meat” from the product labels of plant-based…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
11:05am 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 Teirstein
Updated 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 —…
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