Remember the legacy of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Florida environmentalist
Feb 15, 2018, 7:18 pm By Justine Calma
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has thrust Douglas’…Republican Lisa Murkowski says it’s time for her party to take climate change seriously.
Feb 15, 2018, 3:25 pm By Zoya Teirstein“Why is it politically charged to say climate change?” the Alaska senator asked during a speech…Arkansas banned a weedkiller. Now, Monsanto is suing.
Feb 15, 2018, 2:02 pm By Nathanael JohnsonWhen Monsanto introduced a new kind of seed that wouldn’t die when exposed to the herbicide…Polar ice is lost at sea
Feb 15, 2018, 11:59 am By Eric Holthaus
Our planet reached another miserable milestone earlier this week: Sea ice fell to its lowest level…Green Science’s White People Problem
Feb 15, 2018, 6:00 am By Yessenia FunesIt’s been 20 years since Esteban González Burchard took a trip to Chicago that changed his life.…Trump’s $200 billion infrastructure plan takes aim at the environment
Feb 14, 2018, 6:21 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Is Scott Pruitt an EPA chief or a pop star?
Feb 14, 2018, 4:25 pm By Kate Yoder
Scott Pruitt isn’t like the rest of us, and he’s not afraid to flaunt it. Just one day after the…Roses are red, violets are blue, America to coal: I might dump you.
Feb 14, 2018, 4:03 pm By Zoya Teirstein
A new survey from the National Surveys on Energy and Environment shows rising public support for…African Americans will pay a steep price for Trump’s new solar tariff
6:45pm By Brentin Mock
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Queen Elizabeth has no patience for plastic.
5:24pm By Amelia UrryHer Majesty officially banned plastic straws and bottles from all cafés, dining halls, and catered…Trump’s plan to swap food stamps for Blue Apron–style meals is seriously the worst.
4:46pm By Justine CalmaThe White House’s new budget proposes slashing food stamp funding in half and offering low-income…A woman was forcibly removed from a public hearing for listing lawmakers’ oil and gas donations.
2:13pm By Zoya TeirsteinLissa Lucas is running for a seat in West Virginia’s state legislature, against a Republican…The nation’s biggest warehouse project meets a legal obstacle.
Mon 4:56pm By Justine CalmaLast week, a judge ruled that the environmental impact report for the proposed World Logistics…Trump’s new budget would eliminate nearly all EPA climate change programs.
Mon 3:35pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe White House sent a $4.4 trillion budget blueprint to Congress on Monday, but the odds of it…There’s a new contender in the quest for the next superbattery
Mon 1:38pm By Amelia Urry
It’s been nearly 40 years since the battery world had a major shake up. In 1980, a researcher at…We could be in a little less trouble than we thought.
Feb 9, 2018, 4:52 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Here’s how humanity could all but ensure its own demise: Dig up all the coal we have left and burn…The Trump administration brought a climate change policy back from the dead.
Feb 9, 2018, 4:23 pm By Kate YoderLast August, right before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, President Trump revoked a rule that…Wizards and prophets face off to save the planet
Feb 9, 2018, 7:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
For nearly two decades, Charles C. Mann has been troubled by a realization that struck him just…So Elon Musk wants to launch Teslas into space? Let him.
Feb 8, 2018, 7:49 pm By Eric Holthaus
Millions of geeks watched with unbridled glee this week as Elon Musk’s private rocket company,…In Pruitt’s world, climate change isn’t such a ‘bad thing’
Feb 8, 2018, 7:11 pm By Oliver Milman
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
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