Without the Clean Air Act, U.S. cities wouldn’t be much to look at.
Sep 19, 2016, 3:48 pm By Katie Herzog
You can see just how smoggy they’d be in a new report by Save On Energy. The energy conservation…Tens of millions of trees across the U.S. are dying.
Sep 19, 2016, 3:26 pm By Katie HerzogClimate change is a big underlying cause. And the tree loss will make climate change worse.…EPA weighs in on the cancer risks of controversial pesticide.
Sep 19, 2016, 2:51 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe agency found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, likely doesn’t cause…States are already complying with the Clean Power Plan rules they are challenging in court.
Sep 19, 2016, 2:25 pm By Ben AdlerReuters looked at the 27 states that are suing to block the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to limit carbon…Who wins from L.A.’s bid to go 100 percent renewable? The kids.
Sep 19, 2016, 1:36 pm By Aura Bogado
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to order the city’s main utility, the Los Angeles…Does a range hood waste too much energy?
Sep 19, 2016, 6:13 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, When I’m cooking and using the vent over the stove, I wonder how much energy I’m…Should New York City abandon its waterfront?
Sep 19, 2016, 4:42 am By Ben Adler
Even under the best-case scenarios for climate change, much of New York City will be under water in…Ghost forests are eerie evidence of rising seas
Sep 18, 2016, 5:02 am By John Upton
Jennifer Walker stepped off her kayak into a wall of riverside grass. She steadied herself and…La Niña has arrived! Or has it?
Sep 17, 2016, 6:00 am By Brian Kahn
After the demise of El Niño, the climate phenomenon that has helped fuel record-setting heat for…California has an ambitious plan to tackle climate change. Could it work?
Sep 16, 2016, 4:50 pm By Nathanael Johnson
California took a giant step to fight climate change last week, passing ambitious legislation to…Missing out on climate change this election cycle?
Sep 16, 2016, 4:38 pm By Katie HerzogWe don’t blame you. If the presidential race is getting you down, the Sierra Club has got you…Alabama governor declares state of emergency over pipeline spill — but it’s over shortage fears.
Sep 16, 2016, 3:23 pm By Katie Herzog
The Sept. 9 leak released 6,000 barrels, or 252,000 gallons, of refined gas into the environment,…Inside the camp that’s fighting to stop the Dakota Access pipeline
Sep 16, 2016, 1:43 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
At sundown, Montgomery Brown meets me by the information tent. He has a paper plate piled with…Trump’s economic plan: Free your miners and the jobs will follow
Sep 16, 2016, 9:35 am By Ben Adler
For what appears to be the third time, Donald Trump has announced a plan to grow the economy through…Watch a GIF of U.S. wind power growing like crazy.
Sep 16, 2016, 6:36 am By Kate Yoder
Courtesy of the Natural Resources Defense Council: Over the past 10 years, the country has shifted…For the last time: Weather and climate aren’t the same.
Sep 16, 2016, 6:04 am By Grist staff
Next time someone you know gets them confused, show them this video: This story was originally…Cap-and-trade? Not so great if you are black or brown
Sep 16, 2016, 4:32 am By Laurie Mazur
Environmental justice advocates have long warned that “cap-and-trade” — a market-based…Watch the Arctic’s ice shrink to its near-record low, in 3 graphs
Sep 15, 2016, 7:18 pm By Brian Kahn
Arctic sea ice is one of the grandaddies of climate indicators. And this grandaddy isn’t doing so…Today in weird transit news, we bring you a car that smiles and a mind-blowing electric bus.
Sep 15, 2016, 4:30 pm By Katie Herzog
The car design is the brainchild of Swedish firm Semcon, and the goal isn’t just to bring emoji to…Millennials are starting to realize that Clinton is not the same as Trump
Sep 15, 2016, 4:12 pm By Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton got one piece of good news this week: An increasing number of young voters can…
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