The eclipse was a test, and the solar industry aced it.
Aug 22, 2017, 5:37 pm By Kate Yoder
As the United States momentarily plunged into darkness on Tuesday, from California to North…New Orleans is now planning to evacuate the city if a heavy rainstorm comes.
Aug 22, 2017, 5:19 pm By Eric Holthaus
That’s worrisome, especially for communities still struggling to recover from the damage of…Trump axed a federal climate panel, turning a blind eye to public safety
Aug 22, 2017, 4:08 pm By Eric Holthaus
It’s no secret that President Trump has been busy trying to unravel nearly every part of President…Trump halted a study of coal’s health effects in Appalachia
Aug 22, 2017, 3:57 pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Trump reversed a plastic water bottle ban in national parks.
Aug 22, 2017, 3:26 pm By Manola SecairaAnd pretty much nobody is happy about it, except maybe Nestlé. Since 2011, 23 national parks…Psst, Zinke — national monuments create jobs just the way they are!
Aug 22, 2017, 2:09 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Ahead of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Thursday announcement regarding the fate of the bundle of…Online startup Crowd Cow wants to disrupt the meat market. The stakes have never been higher.
Aug 22, 2017, 5:04 am By Darby Minow SmithWhen your family owns a Montana cattle ranch, it seems like selling beef to a friend should be easy…California defies Trump claim that environmental regulation kills economic growth
Aug 22, 2017, 1:01 am By Emma Foehringer Merchant
The California economy is thriving, according to a new report released Monday — and that’s…The oil industry fears Trump’s regulatory rollback could backfire.
Aug 21, 2017, 6:00 pm By Kate Yoder
The fossil fuel industry has largely applauded the administration’s assault on environmental…Here’s how a Republican Congress might talk itself into taxing carbon.
Aug 21, 2017, 3:59 pm By Nathanael JohnsonBare with us as we lay this out, it’s a little bit of a Hail Mary-meets-Rube Goldberg bankshot.…Companies are turning ocean trash into running shoes and sunglasses
Aug 19, 2017, 6:00 am By Erica Cirino
This story was originally published by Oceans Deeply. For important news about plastic pollution,…British Columbia is having its worst wildfire season in recorded history.
Aug 18, 2017, 3:55 pm By Eric Holthaus
More than 2,500,000 acres have burned there since April 1, nearly six times the typical amount for a…Minnesota report: Proposed tar sands oil pipeline would harm tribes.
Aug 18, 2017, 2:55 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantOn Thursday, state regulators released their final environmental review of a proposed replacement…How to watch the eclipse without trashing the Earth
Aug 18, 2017, 2:53 pm By Amelia Urry
The moon will pass in front of the sun on August 21, cutting a swathe of shadow across the country…Supervolcanoes: The secret to a battery-powered future?
Aug 18, 2017, 2:19 pm By Hannah Osborne
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…California went all-in on natural gas. Can it do the same with renewables?
Aug 17, 2017, 7:49 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Noemi Tungui lives in Oxnard, California, the so-called “Strawberry Capital of the World.” But…California scientists are calling for the largest U.S. investment in climate research in years.
Aug 17, 2017, 4:31 pm By Manola Secaira
The sunny state’s been defying the Trump administration’s, er, lax approach to climate action by…Court says pipelines — not Exxon — are to blame for a major oil spill.
Aug 17, 2017, 4:26 pm By Kate YoderExxonMobil’s Pegasus Pipeline poured more than 200,000 gallons of heavy crude into a neighborhood…The world’s largest volcanic region was just discovered in Antarctica.
Aug 17, 2017, 3:54 pm By Eric Holthaus
That’s all kinds of scary. If there’s one place on Earth that would be the worst possible spot…Trump revoked an Obama rule that protected against flooding
Aug 16, 2017, 5:17 pm By Emily Atkin
This story was originally published by the New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the…
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