Scientists won’t debate climate science on a national stage, but cities and oil companies will
Mar 13, 2018, 5:08 pm By Kate Yoder
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt had a vision: Scientists would clash onstage in a televised debate…Rex Tillerson is out, and the Koch brothers are in.
Mar 13, 2018, 3:04 pm By Zoya TeirsteinIn an early morning tweet, President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and announced that…Judge to Trump: You can’t just ignore pollution rules.
Mar 13, 2018, 2:52 pm By Nathanael JohnsonBack in 2015, the Obama administration tightened the rules governing ozone, a pollutant formed by…Science gives first responders a leg up on catastrophes.
Mar 12, 2018, 4:13 pm By Justine CalmaThe Red Cross is working with meteorologists and academics to better understand how climate change…Former Governator Schwarzenegger wants to sue oil companies for “murder.”
Mar 12, 2018, 3:35 pm By Nathanael JohnsonDuring an interview with Politico’s “Off Message” podcast at the South by Southwest festival,…Nothing is certain but death and (maybe?) carbon taxes
Mar 12, 2018, 5:58 am By Jesse Nichols
Support for slapping a tax on carbon emissions is about as widespread as an environmental measure…There’s a lot of confusion at the Department of the Interior, and it’s not just about doors.
Mar 9, 2018, 5:22 pm By Kate YoderWhen the Associated Press reported that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s department had spent…MIT just had a nuclear fusion breakthrough.
Mar 9, 2018, 5:06 pm By Nathanael JohnsonSince the 1950s, we’ve been hearing that fusion was just 20 years away. But there is something…The EPA is riddled with conflicts of interest, according to new analysis.
Mar 9, 2018, 3:14 pm By Zoya TeirsteinPresident Trump has a rule for former lobbyists and lawyers in his administration: They’re…Genetically engineered salmon may be coming to a store near you
Mar 9, 2018, 2:16 pm By Richard Martin
This story originally appeared in bioGraphic, an online magazine about nature and sustainability…Hurricane Maria hit women in Puerto Rico the hardest. And they’re the ones building it back.
Mar 8, 2018, 6:01 pm By Justine Calma
After Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, Adi Martínez-Román’s morning routine went…Buckle up, Trump: The kids’ climate change suit is cleared for trial.
Mar 8, 2018, 3:34 pm By Zoya TeirsteinTwenty-one young people are suing a slew of federal agencies in an attempt to force them to act on…The last-ditch effort to save the world’s forests from climate change
Mar 8, 2018, 7:02 am By Eric HolthausEach year, the Earth’s trees suck more than a hundred billion tons of carbon dioxide from the…Kansas farmers tried cutting water use, and guess what? They saved money.
Mar 8, 2018, 6:03 am By Nathanael JohnsonIn Sheridan County, farmers managed to slash irrigation by 20 percent without taking a punch in the…Residents of an Alabama town are saying the EPA doesn’t care about black people.
Mar 7, 2018, 5:18 pm By Justine CalmaMembers of the majority-black community of Uniontown filed a civil right rights complaint in 2013…Cape Town may have conserved enough water to avoid running out this year.
Mar 7, 2018, 4:42 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe South African city received record-low rainfall in 2017. That, paired with a three-year drought…Climate change doesn’t create unusual weather — it just makes it way worse.
Mar 6, 2018, 4:41 pm By Jesse Nichols
original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwtjqvHnD9s&t=1s We all remember the chorus around…We might save melting ice caps by giving them blankets.
Mar 6, 2018, 4:34 pm By Nathanael JohnsonYes, that’s a real proposal. We’ve officially moved out of the normal world and into a…After a three decade fight, the Chesapeake Bay is finally flourishing again.
Mar 6, 2018, 3:49 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe largest estuary in North America was home to a deeply diverse population of plants and animals…After a three-decade fight, the Chesapeake Bay is finally flourishing again.
Mar 6, 2018, 3:49 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe largest estuary in North America was home to a deeply diverse population of plants and animals…
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