Think Rivers Are Dangerous Now? Just Wait.
Robert Alexander/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A river is a mercurial thing, running deep and fast in the rainy season, and low and slow when the rains fade. It can dry up completely one year, then turn…
Trump’s Attacks on Public Lands Could Help the Democrats in These States
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story is a Climate Desk collaboration between Mother Jones and High Country News. Walk through the Las Cruces farmers market on a sunny Saturday morning, and it soon becomes obvious that residents are really proud of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks…
President Trump Backs Megadonor Foster Friess for Wyoming Governor
Republican mega-donor Foster Friess at the 40th Annual Conservative Political Action Conference.Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Foster Friess, the Republican megadonor running for governor in Wyoming, has President Trump’s “complete and total Endorsement,” according to a tweet sent early Tuesday as polls opened in the state.…
Trump Coal Plan Will Kill 5-10,000 People Over Next Decade
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration unveiled its shiny new coal plan today, and the New York Times dug into the technical appendices to see just how much damage it would do. Naturally I decided to make it into a chart: Depending on whose estimate you trust and…
Even Trump’s EPA Admits His Power Plan Will Kill Thousands of Americans
Zhou Changguo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Barack Obama unveiled the Clean Power Plan in the East Room of the White House three years ago, he called it “the single most important step America has ever taken in the fight against global climate change.” Today, that plan, which would…
Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
Go Nakamura/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and longtime fixer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear before a federal courtroom in Manhattan later this afternoon. Breaking News: Michael Cohen, President Trump’s…