The Fox GOP Debate Melted Down When the Word “Climate” Was Mentioned
Morry Gash/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Something incredible happened in Milwaukee tonight. When GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy declared that the “climate change agenda is a hoax,” a crowd full of Republicans started to boo. He was responding to a question posed by…
Renewable Energy Jobs Are Coming to Appalachia
Weirton Steel looms over the heart of Weirton, W.Va., on June 8, 2006. It will be the location of a renewable energy battery plant.Amy Sancetta/AP This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A cutting-edge energy storage company is building its main manufacturing plant where a once-thriving West…
Unions Say Biden’s Climate Bill Ignores Workers
Biden listens about electric vehicles during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022.Alex Brandon/AP This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden’s landmark climate legislation has been “disappointing” and failed to deliver protections to…
16 Young People in Montana Just Won a Historic Climate Lawsuit
Youth plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit, Held vs. Montana, arrive at the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse, on June 20, 2023, in Helena, Mont., for the final day of the trial.Thom Bridge/AP A healthy climate is included in your constitutional rights, at least if you live in Montana. On Monday, District Court Judge Kathy…
Private Equity Is Snapping Up Gas and Oil Firms. What Could Go Wrong?
A pulling unit on an oil well in Utah. Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ZUMA This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Where private equity investors make acquisitions, bankruptcies tend to follow. Brands from Radio Shack to Toys R Us went under after being bought by these firms, as did the company that…
Despite Record-Breaking Temps, Phoenix Heat Tsar Says Hottest City in the US Has a Livable Future
Matt York/ AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The heat expert leading efforts to make America’s hottest city more bearable insists that Phoenix could eventually eradicate heat deaths—despite July’s record-breaking death toll. As many as 300 people may have died during the hottest ever month on record as…