The Green Movement Is Lily White. That’s a Problem.
sanjeri/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s been 20 years since Esteban González Burchard took a trip to Chicago that changed his life. The asthma researcher had been to the Windy City before, so tourism wasn’t on…
Trump Snuck These Anti-Environment Measures Into His Infrastructure Plan
Ed Lallo/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The fact that EPA administrator Scott Pruitt sat several seats to the right of President Trump during his announcement of a $200 billion infrastructure plan on Monday was one clue that it was actually jam-packed with policies taking aim at environmental regulations. For instance, a substantial…
Good News: There’s More Coverage of Climate Change. Bad News: It’s Because of Trump.
iStock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the good news: Coverage of climate change on the major broadcast networks increased substantially last year. The bad news? The vast majority of that coverage was driven by the policies and global warming denial of President Donald Trump. According to a new study…
We Already Have Planet-Cooling Technology. The Problem Is, It’s Killing Us.
The Agung volcano erupts, spewing magma and ash thousands of feet into the air on the island of Bali in Indonesia in November 2017.Josh Edelson/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A trope of sci-fi movies these days,…
Solar Jobs Fell for the First Time in 7 Years in 2017. Now Trump Could Make It Worse.
But on Jan. 22, President Donald Trump approved a 30 percent fee on all imported panels, decreasing by 5 percent per year over four years. The fee was in line with what the International Trade Commission recommended in October, a proposal Suniva called “disappointing” because it was not as aggressive as what the company requested.…
These Animals Are Tougher Than We Thought
Olin Feuerbacher/NPS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The West is a challenging place to live these days, with fires and mudslides, droughts and heat waves—to say nothing of the political climate. But the West’s residents…