Humans Are Walloping Sea Creatures With Deadly, Disorienting Noise
A white beluga whale and her calf. Nagoya, Japan, 2004.AFP/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 The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A natural ocean soundscape is fundamental…
President Biden Has the Most Ambitious Climate Change Plan in US History. Will It Be Enough to Save the Planet?
Adam Schultz/White House/Planet Pix/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.After four long years of the crisis being officially ignored, stopping climate change is back on the White House agenda. President Joe Biden’s first two weeks in…
Trump’s Public Lands Giveaways Won’t Easily Be Reversed
Valley of the Gods in the heart of Bears Ears National Monument. Mint Images via ZUMA Wire 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 Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as…
Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Climate Change
Doug Mills/CNP/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.On Wednesday, one week after taking office, President Joe Biden signed a series of sweeping executive orders on climate in his effort to create clean energy jobs, promote environmental justice,…
Let’s Examine the Ties Between the Timber Industry and Extremists
On Feb. 6, 2020, Timber Unity protesters showed up at the Oregon state capitol in Salem protesting a carbon cap-and-trade bill.Robin Loznak, 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.In March, my colleague Ali Breland and I…
BlackRock Threatens to Shed Some of Its Massive Fossil Fuels Portfolio
Greenpeace activists at BlackRock headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.Boris Roessler/DPA/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.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. BlackRock, the world’s biggest…