How the Interior Department Got Swamped
“If you can imagine a target, this thing is shot full of holes,” Canter said of the administration’s pledge. Delaney Marsco, ethics counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, told HuffPost that even if these officials aren’t breaking those rules, their activity is “emblematic of the bigger revolving door problem in Washington,” in which industry insiders…
Climate Activists Protest Black Friday Around the World
Sam Mellish/Getty On Black Friday, climate change activists in cities all over the planet took to the streets to decry the biggest shopping day of the year. According to the New York Post, 300 protesters marched down a busy street in New York City then blocked traffic near Herald Square by sitting in an intersection.…
Climate Change Is Getting Worse, but at Least Politicians Are Finally Talking About It
Pete Buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders pose for photographers prior to the Democratic Presidential Debate on November 20.Brian Cahn/Zuma This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. As much as I try to forget it, one of the enduring moments of the 2016 election was…
Climate Change Is Brutal for Everyone but Worse for Women
Women carry belongings from their submerged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Bulbul in Amarabati Village, India on November 10./Zuma This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The climate crisis is so epic, so vicious, so wide-reaching, that at this point there are few aspects of…
Here’s Why Neighborhoods With More People of Color Pay Higher Energy Bills
The Alfred E. Smith Houses, a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, April 26, 2018.Drew Angerer/Getty This piece was originally published in CityLab and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. It is well-established that the lower a family’s…
Dire UN Report Says We Must—and Can—Dramatically Lower Emissions in 10 Years
piyaset/Getty This piece originally appeared in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Countries must make an unprecedented effort to cut their levels of greenhouse gases in the next decade to avoid climate chaos, the UN has warned, as it emerged that emissions hit a new high last year. Carbon dioxide emissions in…