Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is retiring. Here’s what that means for the environment.
Jun 27, 2018, 5:36 pm By Shannon Osaka
Anthony 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 Penner
original 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
Jun 26, 2018, 8:40 pm By Justine Calma
Earlier 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
Jun 26, 2018, 7:52 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The 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
Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 am By Maria Gallucci
After 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 Levin
This 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 Teirstein
Welcome 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 Calma
Hari 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 Holthaus
Thirty 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 Osaka
It 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 Teirstein
The 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 Yoder
Federal 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 Osaka
The 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 Holthaus
Torrential 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 Jochem
For 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 Johnson
Once upon a time, shortly after the age of bloodletting, people thought that facts could change…Woman, scientist, climate advocate: Can you be all three?
Jun 19, 2018, 12:57 pm By Eve Andrews
In 2015, a University of California, Davis researcher named Sarah Moffit appeared in a…Despite Trump, Wall Street is breaking up with fossil fuels
Jun 19, 2018, 9:00 am By Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, and…Exxon says climate lawsuits violate its right to free speech. Seriously.
Jun 19, 2018, 6:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
Just a short time ago, it seemed like Exxon might finally be forced to reckon with the harm it had…
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