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…The European Union is considering an electric car mandate.
Aug 16, 2017, 4:40 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
After the United Kingdom and France joined the Netherlands and Norway in putting an end date on the…Wind and solar energy are literally (that’s a literal ‘literally’) saving lives.
Aug 16, 2017, 2:37 pm By Manola Secaira
The increasing presence of wind and solar in the United States helped prevent the premature deaths…Meet July, the hottest month yet
Aug 15, 2017, 6:08 pm By Eric Holthaus
Our planet has never been warmer than it was last month, according to data released by NASA on…Trump wants to ignore the effects of climate change in permitting infrastructure projects.
Aug 15, 2017, 5:12 pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantPresident Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he said will streamline the environmental…The security firm that tracked DAPL opponents denies providing illegal services.
Aug 15, 2017, 4:13 pm By Nikhil Swaminathan
Last week, North Carolina–based TigerSwan answered a lawsuit brought by the North Dakota Private…Your previously worthless tweets could be used for science.
Aug 15, 2017, 2:00 pm By Amelia Urry
There’s an enormous amount of information posted to social media sites every day, and increasing…Stores waste tons of CO2 a day by blasting A/C and leaving the doors open
Aug 15, 2017, 9:28 am By Grist staff
This article is published in partnership with: With back-to-school shopping season starting up this…The newer, greener Houston isn’t for everybody
Aug 15, 2017, 5:00 am By Raj MankadPart of a series on communities overcoming obstacles to become cleaner and greener. Juan Parras…Without air conditioning, America’s prisons can be unbearable — and sometimes deadly
7:03pm By Nathalie Baptiste
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
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