Glacier National Park is overcrowded. Thanks, climate change.
6:05pm By Kate YoderA record-breaking 1 million people visited Glacier in July, up 23 percent from last year. Park…We’re nearing peak hurricane season and New Orleans’ pumping system is “broken.”
5:25pm By Eric Holthaus
More than a week after an intense rainstorm triggered a flood so bad locals called it a…How can Pruitt sue himself? California wants to know.
4:51pm By Emma Foehringer MerchantThe state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, filed a lawsuit on Friday to get the agency to say…Remember Flint? Bruno Mars surprised concertgoers with $1 million toward its recovery.
3:20pm By Manola Secaira
Spurring cheers from his audience at a concert in Michigan last Saturday, Mars announced that ticket…Which American cities are the most sustainable?
Sun 6:00am By Teresa Mathew
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Damaged river ecosystems could use a whole lot more dead fish
Aug 12, 2017, 6:00 am By Nick Neely
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…More bad news for the coal industry with layoffs in Mississippi.
Aug 11, 2017, 4:42 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Kemper power plant in Dekalb, Mississippi, announced on Friday it would lay off 75 workers at…An attempt to avert Trump’s interference in climate science might actually invite it
Aug 11, 2017, 3:55 pm By Eric Holthaus
In a front-page story earlier this week, the New York Times seemingly had a huge scoop: Scientists…Scott Pruitt doesn’t want to politicize science.
Aug 11, 2017, 2:37 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
During a Thursday interview on a Texas radio show the EPA administrator said his agency wants…The Impossible Burger wouldn’t be possible without genetic engineering
Aug 10, 2017, 6:55 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Impossible Burger has had a charmed honeymoon period. Crowds of foodies surged into fancy…The coal industry is still declining, so Trump is considering a bailout.
Aug 10, 2017, 5:22 pm By Manola Secaira
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice — a recently rebranded Republican and coal and real estate…Canadians have eaten five tons of GMO salmon.
Aug 10, 2017, 4:20 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The news has alarmed anti-GMO groups, who point out that Drake’s people may not have known they…A Swiss town wants to save their local glacier with artificial snow.
Aug 10, 2017, 2:03 pm By Amelia Urry
Pontresina residents enlisted a retired glaciologist, Hans Oerlemans, to help them save a nearby…This Hawaiian island is the future of energy
Aug 10, 2017, 1:35 pm By Daniel Penner
original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlC76fw5KLc Kauai might be a tiny island on the map,…Trump is going easy on polluters.
Aug 10, 2017, 1:27 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
According to a new study from the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project, the current…Greenland, the land of ice and snow, is burning
Aug 9, 2017, 5:40 pm By Eric Holthaus
This is going to sound weird, but there’s a wildfire right now in west Greenland. You know, that…As transit ridership dips, people flock L.A.’s new train lines.
Aug 9, 2017, 4:37 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The city of freeways is building light rail, and passengers are hopping on board. We’ve seen a…It’s been flooding a lot lately and new research might explain why.
Aug 9, 2017, 3:21 pm By Manola Secaira
It turns out that sea level along North Carolina’s coast south of Cape Hatteras has been rising…Trump actually wants to enforce an environmental rule. A court says he can’t.
Aug 9, 2017, 2:43 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
On Tuesday, a D.C. appeals court struck down an Obama-era restriction on the use of…Death Valley had the hottest month ever measured on Earth
Aug 9, 2017, 2:35 pm By Elizabeth Shogren
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of…
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