Here Are 2017’s Best Protest Posters
Jessica Hill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The year is nearly over, and politically speaking, it hasn’t been pretty. Plenty of outrageous, terrifying, shameful things have happened since Donald Trump took office, but from the very first day of his presidency, a massive contingent of the nation has taken to the…
These 16 Major Environmental Protections Were Cut in 2017
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump has spent the past year steadily undoing Obama-era environmental protections, especially rules designed to fight climate change. By law, agencies must go through a lengthy process to rescind or rewrite many rules, but executive orders and…
In Case You Missed Them, Here Are Some Cool Environmental Stories from 2017
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a tempestuous year—politically and literally. Donald Trump’s June announcement of an exit from the Paris climate accord confirmed the fears around the world of scientists…
2017 Was a Big Year for Scrubbing Science from Government Websites. Here’s the List.
John Foxx/Stockbyte/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, nearly all references to climate change disappeared from the White House official website. A page detailing former President Barack Obama’s plans to build a clean energy economy, address climate change, and protect…
From “Hotumn” to “Meatmares”: A New Vocabulary for a Year of Environmental Chaos
Grist / Amelia Bates Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every December, dictionary editors declare their picks for “Word of the Year,” expressions that encapsulate the year’s defining spirit, its zeitgeist. The choices so far reflect 2017’s…
Here Is the Worst Anti-Science BS of 2017
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a rainy day in April, 100,000 demonstrators—led by some of the nation’s most prominent scientists—converged on the National Mall for the first ever March for Science. It was Earth Day, and many of them were there to protest the environmental policies…