Study: Mammals May Be Better Equipped to Adapt to Climate Change
Are W/Flickr Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Project Earth/Fusion and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that slow and steady wins the race. But when it comes to adapting to changing environmental conditions, Aesop (the…
Researchers Just Found a Hidden Cause of California’s Smog Problem
LPETTET/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite its progressive environmental policies, the state of California actually has the worst air quality in the nation, according to a 2017 report from the American Lung Association. More specifically, California’s Central Valley, which produces one third of the country’s vegetables and two thirds…
Scott Pruitt Went to the Senate and Was Reminded of the Time He Said Trump Would Be Worse Than Obama
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt testified for more than two hours before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee about his first year on the job. While Senate Republicans such as Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave him credit for helping create jobs by…
One of the Largest Cities in California Has a Plan to Drastically Lower Its Temperature
Located in a semi-arid region with limited natural freshwater supplies, Long Beach relies on external water reserves and, despite record-breaking rainfalls in January 2017, water use prohibitions are still in effect. In an average year, the Long Beach Water Department (LBWD) obtains 40 percent of its water from imported sources and 53 percent from groundwater—which…
The Sierra Club’s New Video Attacks Ford for Playing Along with Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a video made public Wednesday, the Sierra Club denounced Ford Motor Company for lobbying the Trump administration and “#PollutingPruitt” to roll back vehicle efficiency and and emission standards. The environmental organization timed the airing of their new video with the D.C. Auto Show, at which Ford isn’t showing…
Trump Just Announced a Plan that Could Cripple the Solar Industry
Olivier Douliery/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite President Trump’s best efforts in 2017 to make fossil fuels great again, solar has kept booming. But now comes bad news: Trump is slapping a 30 percent tariff on imported panels, a move that experts say is poised to hurt an industry that…