Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous?
A firefighter battles a wildfire during the Bond Fire burns in Silverado, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/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 Wired and is reproduced…
Climate Change Is Making Dangerous Landslides More Likely in Alaska
Lilly Ford looks out at the new landslide scar across the bay. The slide hit a residential neighborhood where dozens remain evacuated and two people are still missing.Erik Stevens/High Country News Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that…
The Stimulus Shows the Best Congress Has To Offer for Climate Change
The Problem Solvers Caucus hold a press conference on the stimulus bill.Rod Lamkey, 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.Environmentalists are describing the year-end $900 billion stimulus bill just passed by Congress as the most ambitious climate…
For the Last 4 Years “Tribes Have Been Pushed Aside by This Administration”
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNITED STATES – 2017/12/02: Thousands of people converged on the steps of Utah’s State Capital building to protest President Trump’s plan to shrink protected areas across the country. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of…
“Hitting Net-Zero Is Not Enough”— Inside the Push to ‘Restore’ the Climate
A protester holds a sign at a Fridays for Future anti-climate-change rally. (Amriphoto/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 Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
These Ladies Love Natural Gas! Too Bad They Aren’t Real.
Mother Jones illustration 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.The website Women for Natural Gas is a pink-tinged, fancy-cursive-drenched love letter to the oil and gas industry. A prominently featured promo video shows women in hard hats…