13 universities band together to fight climate change.
Feb 6, 2018, 2:41 pm By Zoya TeirsteinWhile the U.S. government cuts science funding and rolls back environmental protections, some North…There is a huge amount of mercury trapped in the Arctic.
Feb 5, 2018, 5:15 pm By Amelia UrryWhich, by the way, is melting. “This discovery is a game-changer,” said Paul Schuster, lead…A record-breaking number of scientists are running for office this year.
Feb 5, 2018, 5:15 pm By Kate Yoder
To stand up to climate change deniers and protect science, a wave of candidates from science,…Trump’s controversial environment pick is out.
Feb 5, 2018, 3:47 pm By Zoya Teirstein
President Trump’s nominee for the Council on Environmental Quality called CO2 a “plant…Closed-door policies imperil climate migrants
Feb 5, 2018, 1:30 pm By Justine Calma
The unprecedented brutality of the 2017 hurricane season showed the potential that natural disasters…Here’s what Yellowstone fieldwork is like. (Hint: Grizzly bear fights, eagle catches, and gnarly elk carcasses)
Feb 5, 2018, 1:14 pm By Grist Creative
original video: https://youtu.be/TLyNpX2-baE This article is published in partnership with: Last…Tesla solar products are coming to a store near you.
Feb 2, 2018, 4:15 pm By Justine Calma
Shoppers will be able to purchase the tech company’s solar panels and Powerwall batteries (home…New York to EPA: Get a lawyer. Again.
Feb 2, 2018, 1:58 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe Obama-era Clean Water Rule expanded government protection to cover streams and wetlands, and was…Scott Pruitt suspends Obama-era Clean Water Rule for two years
Feb 1, 2018, 7:05 pm By Jackie Flynn Mogensen
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…We might know where Trump has been getting some of his wacky ideas
Feb 1, 2018, 6:01 pm By Kate Yoder
Ever wonder who’s behind President Trump’s backward energy policies? The Heartland Institute, a…Every year, more cows are milked by robots.
Feb 1, 2018, 4:34 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The machines used to be cumbersome and prone to failure, but the newer models really work. They feed…Here’s the State of the Union address you didn’t hear about.
Feb 1, 2018, 3:02 pm By Zoya Teirstein
Both President Trump’s speech and the official Democratic response from Representative Joe Kennedy…Climate Strange
Feb 1, 2018, 7:00 am By Eve Andrews
Alec Mitchell doesn’t like praise for what he’s doing. Not for loaning out reusable coffee mugs…California makes big money from its carbon pricing program. Who gets it?
Jan 31, 2018, 6:39 pm By Nathanael Johnson
California Governor Jerry Brown recently unveiled a $1.25 billion plan to spend the money raised…California is taking the great plastic straw battle to a new level.
Jan 31, 2018, 4:41 pm By Kate Yoder
A proposed California bill would jail restaurant workers for handing out plastic straws to customers…Is Bernie Sanders the only one still talking about climate change?
Jan 31, 2018, 4:36 pm By Alexander C. Kaufman
This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…While one Washington ignores climate change, the other, rainier one is killing it.
Jan 31, 2018, 3:47 pm By Zoya Teirstein
To the surprise of nobody, President Trump failed to mention climate change in his State of the…Scott Pruitt testified before Congress and it got messy
Jan 30, 2018, 7:31 pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…FEMA is ending its emergency response in Puerto Rico.
Jan 30, 2018, 4:25 pm By Justine CalmaThe agency plans to “officially shut off” its aid in the U.S. territory on Wednesday, NPR…New Jersey’s new governor is bringing back cap-and-trade.
Jan 30, 2018, 3:11 pm By Zoya TeirsteinOn Monday, newly minted Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order to rejoin the Regional…
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