President Trump, these are the real reasons California is on fire
Aug 6, 2018, 7:56 pm By Eric Holthaus
President Trump has finally weighed in on the California wildfires that began last month. But it…In defense of using ‘the new normal’ to describe climate change
Aug 6, 2018, 10:14 am By Kate Yoder
It’s been an unusual summer, to say the least. Heat maps keep taking on a red-orange glow, with…The cost of flood insurance is a price worth paying
Aug 5, 2018, 7:00 am By Samantha Montano
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Kirstjen Nielsen and Brock Long visited Puerto Rico, and it was really weird
Aug 4, 2018, 7:00 am By Justine Calma
Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Brock Long, head of FEMA, went on tour in…Uber and Lyft passengers are ultra-wealthy. Will this keep cities from investing in transit?
6:30pm By Shannon Osaka
Turns out, a lot of Uber and Lyft users are rich. And not just a little rich: According to a new…Bribery trial reveals Jeff Sessions’ role in blocking EPA action targeting major donor
2:55pm By Nick Schwellenbach
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…California’s fire tornado is what climate change looks like
Thu 4:14pm By Eric Holthaus
For weeks now, the world has been in the grips of a global heat wave — one of the most destructive…Trump’s national security agenda to have big environmental impacts on both borders
Thu 1:59pm By Justine Calma
The Trump administration axed climate change from its national security strategy, with huge…Trump has no standards when it comes to vehicle emissions
Thu 10:53am By Nathanael Johnson
President Donald Trump just slashed vehicle mile-per-gallon requirements. That will not only lead to…What the New York Times got right — and wrong — about the super-wicked problem of climate change
Thu 6:02am By Shannon Osaka
This weekend, the New York Times’ print subscribers will get something kind of crazy in the mail:…Fire scientists know one thing for sure: This will get worse
Aug 1, 2018, 5:54 pm By Adam Rogers
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Move over, Bitcoin bros: A green cryptocurrency is here
Aug 1, 2018, 7:00 am By Eric Holthaus
To say that the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin eats a lot of energy is an understatement. If…Many Republicans are afraid to back climate policy. This one isn’t.
Aug 1, 2018, 7:00 am By Zoya Teirstein
Just before Kiera O’Brien departed for college, the ocean surrounding her Alaskan hometown turned…Can green space improve mental health?
Jul 31, 2018, 6:12 pm By Linda Poon
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…A climate denial video has 6 million views. Facebook doesn’t care.
Jul 31, 2018, 4:32 pm By Shannon Osaka
A two-minute video attacking the scientific consensus on climate change — made by infamous denier…Should big corporations pay for clean energy? Portland voters will decide.
Jul 30, 2018, 2:15 pm By Kate Yoder
A new ballot initiative in Portland would raise $30 million a year for clean energy through a tax on…The FDA is confused about the definition of ‘milk,’ so we talked to a dictionary expert
Jul 30, 2018, 6:10 am By Kate Yoder
As a young kiddo, you probably looked up from the book you were reading to ask some version of the…Hot weather strains the grid. Here’s how we could fix that
Jul 30, 2018, 6:02 am By Nathanael Johnson
Electricity crackled and arced between wires as Los Angeles residents watched, filming with their…The second death of long-submerged shipwrecks
Jul 28, 2018, 7:00 am By Jessica Leigh Hester
This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as part of…New EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler faces first call for ethics probe after less than a month
Jul 27, 2018, 6:07 pm By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by the Huffington Post and is reproduced here as part of…
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