What You Should Know About Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s New “Build Green” Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the senators who introduced the “Build Green” Bill.Francis Chung / AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Although the nation has seen record federal investment in infrastructure under President Joe Biden, the majority of the funds are flowing to…
Without Heat Protections, Florida Laborers Brace for a Cruel Summer
Peter Kneffel/DPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Javier Torres and other workers whose jobs are conducted outdoors in south Florida, the heat is unavoidable. A new law recently signed by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, that prohibits any municipalities in the state from passing heat protections…
Forcing Workers Back to the Office Could Be Terrible for the Environment
Software engineer Leisen Huang working at Wonder Workshop, San Mateo, California, in 2015. Mother Jones; Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and Fast Company and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns,…
Native Hawaiʻians Seek Self Determination After 2023’s Lāhainā Inferno
Orange light radiates from wildfires burning over Lāhainā, as seen on August 8, 2023. Gonzalo Marroquin / Getty Images via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya,…
Oil and Gas Production Is Booming. So Are Its GOP Donations.
Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) enters a door at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.Graeme Sloan / APFight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. August Pfluger, an Air Force veteran and member of the House, representing a small district in West…
Democratic Lawmakers Blast Fossil Fuel Industry’s “Denial” and “Duplicity”
United States Representative Jamie Raskin appears before a US Senate Committee on the Budget hearing to examine Big Oil’s evolving efforts to avoid accountability for climate change in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.Rod Lamkey/CP/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The fossil fuel industry spent…