If the Dems Won’t Act on Climate, We’re Cooked, Environmentalists Say
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus, holds a press conference with the Sunrise Movement, Evergreen Action, and several US senators in DC earlier this month.Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The once-ambitious budget bill being hammered out…
Dems Can’t Agree on How to Keep Racism Out of the Biggest Climate Jobs Program in History
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) speaking at a press conference on the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps on July 20, 2021.Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Civilian Climate Corps had been a progressive pipe dream when delegates…
Ida’s Aftermath Show Just How Risky Petrochemical Production Is in a Hurricane Zone
Jake Bittle/Grist Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than 72 hours after Hurricane Ida made landfall, plumes of dark black smoke were still rising from four towers…
Extinction Rebellion Protesters Paint London Red
Extinction Rebellion members bathe in fake blood Friday in London’s Paternoster Square.Kirsty O’Connor Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Extinction Rebellion protesters poured red paint over the entrances…
Denser Cities Could Help Curb Carbon Emissions, if the NIMBYs Allow It
Chuck Schug/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In San Francisco’s Sunset District, rows and rows of pastel-colored, two-story homes flow from the edge…
The Science of How Wildfires Got So Hellish
A helicopter drops water on a California wildfire.David Aughenbaugh/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wildfire are normally a critical component of a healthy landscape, but these blazes are now…