New Satellites Are Changing Climate Science
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket is seen as it launches with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Sept. 15, 2018, at precisely 6:02…
Nuclear Power Is “Clean”—If You Ignore All the Waste
The Exelon Byron Nuclear Generating Stations running at full capacity 14 May, 2007 in Byron, Illinois. Jeff Haynes / Getty This story was originally published by the High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nuclear power generates electricity without emitting greenhouse gases or other air pollutants. Yet it hasn’t been extensively deployed to…
Amazon Threatened to Fire Some Employees for Speaking out on Climate
Amazon and other tech employees participate in the Global Climate Strike on September 20, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.Karen Ducey/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amazon has threatened to fire employees for speaking publicly about the company’s role in the climate crisis, tech workers at the retail…
“President Trump Has Created an Environmental Crisis at the Border”
Jorge Villalba/Getty This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The survival of eight endangered and threatened species, including four kinds of endemic fish, is in doubt in Arizona, as massive quantities of groundwater are extracted to construct Donald Trump’s border wall. The 30ft-high barrier is under…
A Record Number of Americans Now Say Climate Change Is a Top Priority. So Now What?
Thousands of people participate in the People’s Climate Movement march in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump’s attack on the climate and the Environmental Protection Agency.Astrid Riecken/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. A growing share of voters list climate and the…
In Rural Colorado, the Kids of Coal Miners Learn to Install Solar Panels
Ethan Bates and Cody Sauve adjust the wiring box on a solar array outside their Delta High School classroom. Bates’ father was a coal mine foreman.Luna Anna Archey/High Country News This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. At a picnic table in a…