Why Did Lindsey Graham Join a Climate Group?
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at the White House on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC.Tasos Katopodis/Getty This piece originally appeared in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Congress has long been a place where climate policy goes to die. That could soon change, and not only because there’s an election coming up…
America Recycles Day Encouraged Recycling. It Was Sponsored by Companies That Produce a Ton of Plastic.
Large amounts of trash and plastic refuse collect in Ballona Creek after first major rain storm, Culver City, California, USA.Citizen of the Planet/Getty This piece originally appeared in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. America’s government-backed national recycling awareness day is being used as cover by large corporations that are…
Bernie Sanders and AOC Want to Commit $180 Billion to Turn Public Housing Green
Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announce the introduction of public housing legislation as part of the Green New Deal outside the Capitol on Thursday, November 14, 2019.Bill Clark/Zuma This piece originally appeared in CityLab and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Socialist Democrats are pushing the progressive envelope with a new…
Even States With Green Activist Governors Won’t Settle Youth Climate Cases. What Gives?
Demonstrators during the Right to a Livable Future rally, supporting the lawsuit brought by Kelsey Juliana v United States at the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.Diego Diaz/Getty This piece originally appeared in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In 2011, 15-year-old Kelsey Juliana and 11-year-old Ollie Chernaik filed a…
Voters Want Presidential Action on Climate—With or Without Congressional Support
John Nowak, ZUMA Last month, in a joint interview with Mother Jones and The Weather Channel, Elizabeth Warren promised that if elected, she’d use the power of the president to address climate change. “I will use all the executive power tools available to me to fight back against the climate crisis,” she said. Listing a…
California Could Have Helped Low-Income Residents Weather PG&E Blackouts. But It Didn’t Happen.
Workers install solar panels on the roofs of homes under construction south of Corona, CA.Will Lester/Getty This piece originally appeared in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Exactly a year ago, as the devastating Camp Fire swept through the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. Frank A. Jr. Funes, a…