EPA employees speak out about the agency’s problems under Trump.
Jun 20, 2017, 5:28 pm By Nikhil Swaminathan
A report by the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative examines the threat the new president…A battle royale has broken out between clean power purists and pragmatists.
Jun 20, 2017, 3:54 pm By Nathanael JohnsonTwo years ago, a paper came out arguing that America could cheaply power itself on wind, water, and…Watch John Oliver call BS on Trump’s promises to coal miners.
Jun 20, 2017, 3:45 pm By Manola Secaira
President Donald Trump has been less than subtle about his reluctance to address coal’s…In Phoenix, it’s too hot for planes to take off
Jun 20, 2017, 2:39 pm By Brian Kahn
An intense heatwave is crippling the West this week, sending the mercury above 120 degrees F in…The unsustainable whiteness of green
Jun 20, 2017, 5:00 am By Nikhil SwaminathanAaron Mair’s story starts out all too familiar to people of color who have encountered any of the…After 3 hot years, reefs can finally chill a little.
Jun 19, 2017, 6:00 pm By Amelia Urry
NOAA will continue to monitor temperatures just to be sure, but according to the agency’s latest…Great Plains wildfires used to be rare. Not anymore.
Jun 19, 2017, 5:00 pm By John Upton
Arizonans evacuated as wildfire approached heatwave-parched subdivisions northeast of Phoenix on…Here’s how Trump could crush cheap solar.
Jun 19, 2017, 3:44 pm By Nathanael JohnsonInvestors in the bankrupt solar-panel company, Suniva, have invoked an obscure law that may wind up…Can Angela Merkel hold the Paris Agreement together? The pope hopes so.
Jun 19, 2017, 2:56 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
During a May visit, Pope Francis slyly slipped President Trump his climate encyclical, Laudato Si,…Grizzled, stubborn lawyers spent decades preparing for the likes of Trump
Jun 17, 2017, 7:31 am By Nick Stockton
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…California’s a climate leader — if we’re grading on a curve.
Jun 16, 2017, 5:38 pm By Nathanael Johnson
California just got its climate report card and we’re betting the state wants to hide this one…Amazon is buying Whole Foods. Are grocery stores the new warehouses?
Jun 16, 2017, 5:20 pm By Grist staff
Amazon’s been angling in on the grocery game for a while now. It finally took the plunge with the…If cities really want to fight climate change, they have to fight cars
Jun 16, 2017, 5:13 pm By Henry Grabar
This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk…New York’s new climate program includes making friends — seriously. Here’s why.
Jun 16, 2017, 3:44 pm By Ask Umbra®
This week, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office announced a new initiative to combat climate…Congress says the EPA will get more money than Trump wants.
Jun 16, 2017, 3:36 pm By Nikhil Swaminathan
If Scott Pruitt’s hearing in front of a House appropriations committee on Thursday is any…For the first time, wind and solar electricity generation hit double digits
Jun 15, 2017, 5:53 pm By Bobby Magill
Ten percent of all of the electricity generated in the U.S. in March came from wind and solar power,…Big Oil is pumping fossil fuel propaganda into classrooms.
Jun 15, 2017, 4:33 pm By Kate Yoder
A Center for Public Integrity investigation found that the industry is using its clout to get…Kids’ health? Eh. Trump admin puts fossil fuel interests first.
Jun 15, 2017, 3:32 pm By Nikhil SwaminathanAt the behest of oil and gas outfits, the Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday it’s…How urban ‘heat islands’ threaten public health
Jun 15, 2017, 1:55 pm By Molly Peterson
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the…A judge rules that rushing approval for the Dakota Access pipeline violated the law.
Jun 15, 2017, 12:19 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Oil will keep flowing for now, but the Standing Rock Sioux will have an opportunity next week to…
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