Drought is a life-or-death situation for low-lying islands
May 7, 2016, 7:04 am By Andrea Thompson
From the vantage point of a boat bobbing on the deep blue waters of Majuro Lagoon, the encircling…This is what it looks like when wildfire sweeps through a city
May 6, 2016, 7:30 pm By Brian Kahnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbLRbgsJCZc The Fort McMurray fire is still burning out of control,…Why’s the rent so damn high? It could be Airbnb.
May 6, 2016, 12:07 pm By Katie Herzog
A 20-year resident of San Francisco, Tarin Towers lived in a rent-controlled apartment in the…No fish left? Let’s build an app for that.
May 6, 2016, 5:08 am By Heather Smith
Behold a few of the marvelous things the internet has done for us: filed our taxes, found us dates,…Don’t gloat over Ted Cruz’s loss. He’ll just go back to harassing climate scientists.
May 5, 2016, 5:50 pm By Rebecca Leber
The 2016 presidential field lost one of its more vocal climate deniers when Ted Cruz suspended his…In West Virginia, even prison can’t keep a notorious coal baron out of politics
May 5, 2016, 3:02 pm By Tim Murphy
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…New documentary gives us an idea of what will survive climate change
May 5, 2016, 2:49 pm By Melissa Cronin
“I had to make a place in my heart for despair, and just keep doing the work,” climate activist…Does recycling glass do more harm than good?
May 5, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Okay, I’m walking on the beach (a beach where few people walk, and no kids), and I…Trump supporters believe in Trump and, weirdly, science
May 5, 2016, 5:55 am By Heather Smith
Donald Trump may believe that climate change is a myth created by the Chinese to weaken American…Are you ready for goldfish sushi?
May 5, 2016, 5:06 am By Nathanael Johnson
The world is changing under our feet. The atmosphere warms. The Arctic greens. Habitats collapse. We…Giant wildfire turns Canadian oil country into a post-apocalyptic nightmare
May 4, 2016, 7:54 pm By Katie Herzog
A massive wildfire is destroying everything in its path in a remote town located…Obama drinks to his first Flint visit since lead poisoning crisis
May 4, 2016, 7:54 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
President Obama’s first visit to Flint, Michigan since declaring a state of emergency was heavy on…Coral reefs are straight-up dissolving now
May 4, 2016, 6:59 pm By Kate Yoder
Florida’s coral reefs are disintegrating much faster than expected. And who’s to blame? Oh, you…No, Fox News, coal miners do not “live longer, happier lives”
May 4, 2016, 5:25 pm By Melissa Croninhttp://mediamatters.org/video/2016/05/03/foxs-gutfeld-coal-moral-substance-where-coal-reaches-people-live-longer-happier-lives/210207…Even Sanders’ plan to curb fossil fuel production isn’t ambitious enough
May 4, 2016, 2:33 pm By Clayton Aldern
About 25 percent of all fossil fuels extracted in the United States come from…What future President Trump thinks of climate change
May 3, 2016, 10:31 pm By Rebecca Leber
Ted Cruz dropped out of the presidential race on Tuesday, leaving Donald Trump a clear shot at the…New maps shed light on the secret lives of clouds
May 3, 2016, 8:04 pm By Brian Kahn
Clouds might seem like a nuisance if you’re headed on a Sunday afternoon picnic. But put aside…The Keystone movement goes global
May 3, 2016, 7:33 pm By Melissa Cronin
A wave of protests is crashing down on the fossil fuel industry this month, and there’s almost…Clinton is in coal country, and it’s getting messy
May 3, 2016, 4:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Hillary Clinton had one hell of a day during part one of her two-day swing through Appalachia.…Emma Watson’s Met Gala outfit was trash
May 3, 2016, 3:09 pm By Eve Andrews
Scrolling through Met Gala photos is like going through a bag of jelly beans — full of surprises…
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