Environmentalists Urge Biden To Slash Carbon Emissions in Half by 2030
Joshua Roberts/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US needs to commit to slashing its planet-heating emissions by at least…
How This Regal Canine Could Help Save the Mongolian Steppe
This bankhar is just a pup, but its kind has an important role to play in the fight against desertification.Grace Brown/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as…
Big Polluters Just Power-Stomped Cities Seeking Greener Building Codes
(David J. Phillip/AP) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for…
Developers Aim to Halt Local Push Toward Climate-Friendly Building Codes
A construction site in New York CityMunoz Alvarez/GETTY Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Kim Havey had a problem. Minneapolis was…
How Congressional Republicans Are Responding to Biden’s Climate Agenda
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)Stefani Reynolds/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Since taking office, President Joe Biden has re-entered the United States into the…
Watch This Number Closely to See How Seriously Biden Will Tackle Climate Pollution
Anna Moneymaker/CNP via Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Many of President Joe Biden’s promises for tackling unchecked climate pollution come down to nailing down one obscure economic metric. It’s called the social cost of carbon,…