Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again
Dec 18, 2017, 1:05 pm By Eric Holthaus
Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands…The EPA tries to turn a blind eye to carbon emissions. The courts can stop it.
Dec 15, 2017, 5:31 pm By Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse is a United States senator from Rhode Island. In the recent Frontline…California is preparing for a weekend of wintertime wildfires.
Dec 15, 2017, 5:25 pm By Eric HolthausThat’s weird, because the state is technically in the middle of its rainy season right now. The…The EPA hired a ‘war room’-style media monitoring company.
Dec 15, 2017, 4:49 pm By Justine Calma
Because that’s not weird or hostile at all. As Mother Jones reported Friday, the EPA signed a…More than 10,000 Interior employees say they were harassed or intimidated.
Dec 15, 2017, 12:09 pm By Zoya Teirstein
In a survey released Thursday, about 35 percent of Interior Department workers reported experiencing…Fracking harms the health of babies, study shows
Dec 14, 2017, 6:34 pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Trump’s pick to head chemical safety at the EPA is no longer in the running.
Dec 14, 2017, 4:22 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Michael L. Dourson faced bipartisan opposition from senators because of his close ties to the…One-third of forests aren’t growing back after wildfires.
Dec 14, 2017, 4:15 pm By Kate YoderForests in the American West are having a harder time recovering from wildfires because of (what…The Republican tax bill could lead to major job losses across the U.S. renewable industry.
Dec 13, 2017, 7:07 pm By Zoya TeirsteinFederal tax credits are essential to driving growth in the United States’ wind and solar energy…2 independent studies say climate change worsened Hurricane Harvey’s rains.
Dec 13, 2017, 3:54 pm By Justine Calma
A new report by the World Weather Attribution consortium finds that warming boosted downpours…Coastal cities are in serious jeopardy, new sea-level rise study shows.
Dec 13, 2017, 3:05 pm By Eric Holthaus
As I wrote in a cover story last month, massive sheets of ice in Antarctica essentially hold…Here’s a $17 billion blueprint for how to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid.
Dec 13, 2017, 2:50 pm By Amelia UrryCalled “Build Back Better,” the plan focuses on providing immediate relief while also making…Trump’s lawyers tried (and probably failed) to throw out the kids’ climate lawsuit.
Dec 12, 2017, 6:02 pm By Eric HolthausOn Monday, a group of young people suing the U.S. government for willfully infringing on their…How should communities cope with the end of coal? Advice from the frontlines.
Dec 12, 2017, 4:55 pm By Amelia Urry
The Mon Valley in western Pennsylvania was once at the center of an industrial revolution that put…The warming Arctic could put a serious dent in wind energy production.
Dec 12, 2017, 3:10 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThere’s a pretty steep temperature difference between the North Pole and the equator. But that…Meat taxes are totally going to be a thing — someday.
Dec 12, 2017, 12:56 pm By Kate YoderTo the delight of vegans everywhere, the Guardian reported on Monday that a tax on meat products is…Farmworkers are risking their health to harvest produce near California wildfires.
Dec 11, 2017, 5:45 pm By Justine CalmaThe out-of-control fires have already burned up an area the size of New York City and Boston…Trump’s EPA eases off on the whole “environmental protection” thing.
Dec 11, 2017, 4:27 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to defend human health and the environment, but…This House committee has clearly picked a side in the national monument debate.
Dec 8, 2017, 7:38 pm By Zoya TeirsteinIt’s not Patagonia’s. The public lands dispute heated up on Monday when outdoor clothing brand…Northern Alaska is warming so fast, it’s faking out computers.
Dec 8, 2017, 4:59 pm By Eric Holthaus
The loss of near-shore sea ice near Utqiaġvik (Barrow) has been so abrupt, it’s transformed the…
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