Trump hates wind turbines even more than he hates women he deems unattractive.
Dec 21, 2016, 4:39 pm By Heather Smith
Or so a new cache of letters reveals. Earlier this year, Alex Salmond, who was Scottish First…Chat poverty and the environment with Nathanael Johnson.
Dec 21, 2016, 4:27 pm By Cody Permenter
The discussion will center around Johnson’s multi-part series The Poverty Solution: Put People…The North Pole is 50 degrees warmer than usual and, um, a little damp.
Dec 21, 2016, 2:45 pm By Katie Herzog
For the second year in a row, Santa’s alleged abode is experiencing way higher than normal…Six ways Ben Carson could screw up fair, affordable housing
Dec 21, 2016, 2:38 pm By Ben Adler
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s cabinet picks have questionable credentials, but perhaps none…Even Trump voters oppose Trump’s climate agenda.
Dec 21, 2016, 5:36 am By Ben Adler
The first post-election poll to delve into the policy views of self-identified Donald Trump voters…Meet the most pro-climate appointee Trump has made yet.
Dec 20, 2016, 5:14 pm By Rebecca Leber
No, it isn’t ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, named to serve as ambassador…Trump team wants details on the State Department’s climate efforts. That can’t be good.
Dec 20, 2016, 4:09 pm By Katie Herzog
As part of the landmark climate agreement reached last year in Paris, the United States pledged $3…Uber’s self-driving cars threaten to squish bike riders.
Dec 20, 2016, 3:59 pm By Heather Smith
The ones released into the wilds of San Francisco last week have been spotted running red…Obama’s likely putting a permanent kibosh on offshore drilling in parts of the Arctic and Atlantic.
Dec 20, 2016, 2:20 pm By Katie Herzog
The administration is expected to announce Tuesday that President Obama will use a provision in the…How a growing timber business revived a forest
Dec 20, 2016, 2:15 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Fourth in a series on tackling poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. The…Tired of waiting on humans, microbes cooperate to clean up our messes.
Dec 19, 2016, 7:46 pm By Amy McDermott
Microscopic critters are doing our dirty work, by digesting pollutants including methane in the soil…Relive a big moment in civil disobedience for the climate.
Dec 19, 2016, 5:20 pm By Abigail Bechtel
On Oct. 11, activists organized to shut down five pipelines transporting Canadian tar sands through…One of Hillary Clinton’s faithless electors went to Faith Spotted Eagle. Here’s who that is.
Dec 19, 2016, 5:10 pm By Sabrina Imbler
In today’s Electoral College vote, eight electors in Washington state went to Clinton, three to…The Obama administration pushed out an environmental rule just in time for Trump to reverse ’em.
Dec 19, 2016, 4:44 pm By Emma Foehringer Merchant
On Monday, Obama’s Department of Interior published a new stream protections rule, which hasn’t…$1 million will buy you a hunting trip with the Trumps.
Dec 19, 2016, 3:53 pm By Katie Herzog
TMZ reports that the Trump family will hold a fundraiser the day after the presidential…There are over 3,000 U.S. communities with lead levels twice as high as in Flint.
Dec 19, 2016, 2:59 pm By Katie Herzog
That’s according to a Reuters investigation that analyzed blood tests from state health…The case for putting people before nature
Dec 19, 2016, 2:03 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Third in a series on tackling poverty while protecting the environment. Read the intro. The…Your guide to buying nontoxic, kid-friendly toys
Dec 19, 2016, 5:45 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Thanks for the information on nontoxic kids’ playmats — very important. What…Cities can pick up nations’ slack on combating climate change
Dec 18, 2016, 7:00 am By Nick Stockton
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Shift Happens: Dumbledore’s Army
Dec 17, 2016, 10:00 am By Chip Giller
Grist / Shutterstock It’s a bad sign when writers frequently compare the U.S. president-elect to…
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