The Green Movement’s Best Weapon Has Become a Problem
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, when runaway development with little study or oversight led to the draining of the Everglades,…
Big Utilities Are “Diabolical, Man!”
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. On the long list of things standing in the way of the green energy transition, utilities are up at the top. So…
2022 Was a Particularly Deadly Year for Land and Environmental Activists
Eraldo Peres/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In February of 2022, Colombian human rights activists Teófilo Acuña and Jorge Tafur were assassinated in front of their friends and families after decades of working to protect small, rural communities from mining and land-grabbing. Their killers have not been…
Here’s How Climate Change Is Making It Easier to Hit Home Runs
Darren Lee/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Even America’s favorite pastime is not immune from climate change. A new study from researchers at Dartmouth College says that a warming atmosphere could be causing more home runs in professional baseball. The research, published last week in the Bulletin of…
The EPA Is Reportedly Proposing Its Strictest-Ever Limits on Auto Emissions
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing a regulation that would ensure up to two-thirds of all new cars sold by 2032 will be fully electric, according to reporting from the New York Times and Washington Post. The proposal would go beyond…
Team Biden Just Offered an Italy-Sized Area of the Gulf of Mexico to Big Oil
The sale of lease 259 could lead to the extraction of more than 1 billion barrels of oil and 4.4 trillion cubic feet of gas over 50 years.Guardian Graphic This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An enormous swathe of the Gulf of Mexico, spanning an area the…