Inmates are risking their lives to fight California’s raging fires.
Dec 7, 2017, 5:02 pm By Kate YoderAs wildfires tear through the greater Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes, officials have…A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee finally got to grill Scott Pruitt on Thursday.
Dec 7, 2017, 4:51 pm By Zoya Teirstein
It was the EPA chief’s first appearance on Capitol Hill in six months. Republicans and Democrats…New York City’s watchdog sets her sights on climate change
Dec 7, 2017, 2:09 pm By Justine Calma
As New York City’s public advocate, Letitia James is first in line to succeed Mayor Bill de…Republicans are using some very shaky math to justify drilling in the Arctic refuge
Dec 6, 2017, 6:10 pm By Jackie Flynn Mogensen
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Southern California is burning, and so is Rupert Murdoch’s house.
Dec 6, 2017, 4:53 pm By Eve AndrewsFor your consideration, a series of facts: 1. There are five (five!) wildfires currently…Ryan Zinke wants Trump to downsize even more national monuments.
Dec 6, 2017, 4:22 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The interior secretary, once a Prius-driving proponent of environmental conservation, recommended…Let’s check in on some of the brands increasingly running your life.
Dec 5, 2017, 5:40 pm By Eve Andrews
Consumerism drives climate change — sorry! — and there have been plenty of developments in the…A federal panel helped cities cope with climate change. Trump killed it.
Dec 5, 2017, 3:45 pm By Zoya TeirsteinAfter President Trump announced that he intended to withdraw the United States from the Paris…Energy Transfer Partners has until April to develop an oil-spill response plan for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Dec 5, 2017, 3:45 pm By Justine CalmaA federal judge ruled Monday that the pipeline developer must create a scheme to address potential…Bitcoin could cost us our clean-energy future
Dec 5, 2017, 1:32 pm By Eric Holthaus
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been ignoring the bitcoin phenomenon for years — because it…Five Native American tribes are gearing up for a legal battle with Trump on national monuments.
Dec 4, 2017, 6:00 pm By Justine CalmaToday, the president signed two proclamations drastically cutting land from two federal monuments,…Transforming metals could make planes lighter and more fuel-efficient.
Dec 4, 2017, 4:53 pm By Amelia UrryThe tech is called “shape memory alloy” and it lets metal objects assume different shapes…Most Democrats and Republicans agree: Arctic drilling is a bad idea.
Dec 4, 2017, 4:15 pm By Zoya Teirstein
The sweeping Republican tax bill the Senate passed over the weekend (which is supposed to deal…Ricardo Lara grew up in L.A.’s dumping grounds. Now he’s cleaning them up.
Dec 4, 2017, 1:31 pm By Nathanael Johnson
For years environmental-justice advocates have been saying it’s time to shift the focus of the…How Trump’s EPA is like your worst college roommate
Dec 4, 2017, 7:22 am By Eve Andrewsoriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWfMHthR89s In the year of our Lord 2017, the EPA is…4 ways the Republican tax plan could harm the planet.
Dec 1, 2017, 5:12 pm By Kate Yoder
On Friday, Senate leaders announced they had the votes to pass the tax bill thanks to some frantic…Australia just plugged the world’s biggest battery into its grid.
Dec 1, 2017, 4:13 pm By Nathanael Johnson
It’s a 100-megawatt Tesla battery installation, with enough juice to power 30,000 homes for an…Kellyanne Conway’s new job is pretty bad news for farmers.
Nov 30, 2017, 7:39 pm By Eve AndrewsKellyanne Conway — yes, that Kellyanne — has reportedly been appointed as the woman to solve our…2 national monuments in Utah are about to lose most of their land
Nov 30, 2017, 6:12 pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The hellish 2017 hurricane season is officially over.
Nov 30, 2017, 4:16 pm By Kate Yoder
Nov. 30 marks the end of this year’s season. By most metrics, it will go down as one of worst in…
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