A leaked contract shows shady details of Whitefish Energy’s Puerto Rico deal.
Oct 27, 2017, 4:28 pm By Kate YoderThe tiny Montana electric company was awarded a surprising $300-million deal last week to rebuild…Overworked and understaffed, the National Weather Service is “on the brink.”
Oct 27, 2017, 4:11 pm By Eric Holthaus
You’d think that, in an era of increasingly extreme weather and disasters that can render whole…My high school throws out a stupid amount of food. What can I do?
Oct 26, 2017, 6:55 pm By Eve Andrews
The questions that land in the Ask Umbra inbox are, by turns, incredibly vague, hyper-specific,…Water bills are skyrocketing, and people of color are being hit hard.
Oct 26, 2017, 5:17 pm By Justine Calma
A new Chicago Tribune investigation found that residents in black and Latino communities are…A tiny energy company got in a big feud with San Juan’s mayor.
Oct 26, 2017, 4:45 pm By Kate YoderThat didn’t take long. The government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority gave $300…Watch Samantha Bee’s haunted house of climate hell.
Oct 26, 2017, 4:09 pm By Zoya Teirstein
In Wednesday’s episode of Full Frontal, the late-night host invites eight climate change deniers…When stories about drought spike, people use less water.
Oct 25, 2017, 8:05 pm By Nathanael Johnson
During California’s devastating drought, people started cutting water use even before water…100-degree October temperatures? Welcome to ‘hotumn.’
Oct 25, 2017, 5:00 pm By Kate YoderWe’re in the middle of a new, climate-changed kind of fall — one where you ask for that pumpkin…National parks could get a lot more expensive in 2018.
Oct 25, 2017, 4:11 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe cost of admission to 17 of America’s most popular national parks could more than double, from…Tesla and solar groups put Puerto Rico back on the grid
Oct 24, 2017, 8:16 pm By Amelia Urry
It was a transaction concocted on Twitter — and in a few short weeks, declared official: Tesla is…Tesla’s solar vision gets its first big test in Puerto Rico
Oct 24, 2017, 8:16 pm By Amelia UrryIt was a transaction concocted on Twitter — and in a few short weeks, declared official: Tesla is…Video captures Hurricane Maria’s terrible impact on Puerto Rico.
Oct 24, 2017, 6:57 pm By Eric Holthaus
On Tuesday afternoon, 34 days after the hurricane made landfall in Puerto Rico, the National Weather…Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
Oct 24, 2017, 5:39 pm By Kate Yoder
Puerto Rico’s local food movement was in revival mode. While the island struggled with an ongoing…Climate change is gonna be freakin’ expensive, government office warns.
Oct 24, 2017, 4:38 pm By Zoya TeirsteinThe U.S. federal government has spent $350 billion on extreme weather-related events in the past 10…Indigenous-led, anti-fossil fuel protests are shutting down banks in cities across the globe.
Oct 24, 2017, 3:24 pm By Justine Calma
The demonstrations call on households, cities, and institutions to withdraw money from banks…In New York City, rising seas could cause Sandy-like floods every five years.
Oct 24, 2017, 3:03 pm By Eric Holthaus
Superstorm Sandy was 1,000 miles wide, the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, and…Trump’s Forecasting Downgrade
Oct 23, 2017, 6:10 pm By Eric HolthausAs Hurricane Harvey roared toward the Texas coast in late August, weather models showed something…Downgraded
Oct 23, 2017, 6:10 pm By Eric HolthausAs Hurricane Harvey roared toward the Texas coast in late August, weather models showed something…It’s 2017 and someone wants to reopen a coal mine 30 miles from Seattle.
Oct 23, 2017, 5:16 pm By Eve AndrewsKing County contains multitudes, including the city of Seattle, the widely despised website Amazon…This was a bad weekend if you’re worried about the Environmental Protection Agency.
Oct 23, 2017, 4:59 pm By Kate Yoder
President Donald Trump’s administration is transforming the EPA, from wiping out mentions of…
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