Wind turbines are powering nature’s paradise (and haven’t killed a single bird)
Jun 1, 2016, 2:33 pm By Christina Procopiou
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Sanders may not win but he’s about to do something yuge
Jun 1, 2016, 2:20 pm By Katie Herzog
Despite the long odds of taking the Democratic nomination this July, Bernie Sanders is fighting on…Here’s the real story behind Trump’s drought denial
Jun 1, 2016, 10:09 am By Rebecca Leber
Over the weekend, Donald Trump told voters in California, a state that is now suffering through its…Watch global warming spiral out of control
May 31, 2016, 8:04 pm By Brian KahnThe temperature spiral that took the world by storm has an update. If you think the heat is on in…Oil and gas are a bad bet, warns Canadian government group
May 31, 2016, 5:40 pm By Melissa Cronin
One of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers is on the verge of cleaning up its act. In coming…You could be standing on an abandoned gas well right this second
May 31, 2016, 5:38 pm By Katie Herzog
The American landscape is dotted with oil and gas wells that have been abandoned over the years. And…Houston flooding is a perfect storm of climate change and bad urban planning
May 31, 2016, 3:54 pm By Katie Herzog
Flooding in Texas killed six over Memorial Day weekend, bringing the death toll from the state’s…There are more jobs in renewable energy than in oil, gas, and coal combined
May 31, 2016, 7:08 am By Heather Smith
A word to the burly coal miners who complained that cutting coal out of our energy mix would take…Crazy idea to change the world: What if we gave kids a good start in life?
May 31, 2016, 5:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
Why do some countries remain poor, despite the best efforts of governments and development experts?…The future of justice
May 31, 2016, 1:11 am By Aura Bogado
If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you know our country — even our world — is in a…Love Canal: The toxic suburb that helped launch the modern environmental movement
May 30, 2016, 7:00 am By Heather Smith
If you’re traveling through the suburbs around Niagara Falls, you might notice that one of them is…Republicans and Democrats agree on at least one thing: Wildfires are a major threat
May 30, 2016, 6:06 am By Xian Chiang-Waren
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is teaming up to do away with preordained spending caps on…Which birth control works best — and creates the least waste?
May 30, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My boyfriend and I have just started going zero-waste. It’s awesome! However, one…Tar sands oil is as bad for health as it is for climate
May 30, 2016, 5:08 am By Katie Herzog
We already knew that Canadian tar sands oil is particularly damaging for the climate, but a new…Please resist the urge to take a selfie with this cute seal
7:03am By Kate Yoder
Seals, like the Sirens of Greek myth who perched on rocky shores to lead passerby astray, are…Climate change could wreck Yellowstone, Statue of Liberty, Galapagos Islands, other sites
Sat 8:00am By Katie Herzog
Global warming isn’t just bad news for beach babes and polar bears: It could also be devastating…Fossil fuel darling Ted Cruz demands the feds stop investigating Exxon
May 27, 2016, 3:50 pm By Katie Herzog
He’s baaaack! Just a few weeks after Ted Cruz tucked his three-pronged tail between his legs and…“Rattled” by Trump, G7 nations eager to move up timeline for the Paris climate deal
May 27, 2016, 3:37 pm By Clayton Aldern
This week, leaders of the world’s wealthiest developed countries and the E.U., the G7, met in…Believe it or not, some corals are doing just fine right now
May 27, 2016, 2:57 pm By Kate Yoder
Coral reefs aren’t exactly in a happy place right now — more like a terrifying brink,…Brazil’s impeachment crisis is bad news for climate change
May 27, 2016, 7:10 am By André Guimarães
This is a guest post from André Guimarães, executive director of the Amazon Environmental…
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