Should There Be a Public Takeover of PG&E?
In an interview with HuffPost, the Silicon Valley progressive accused the power company of prioritizing high executive salaries and payouts to investors over infrastructure upgrades needed to operate safely in a hotter, drier climate. “The for-profit motive does not work,” Khanna said by phone Wednesday. “The public utility is a much better option because you’re…
Eat, Stomp, Poop: Could Better Ranching Help Save the Planet?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Rancher Loren Poncia counts roughly 500 glossy Angus beef cattle, 350 sheep, and 19 hogs among his brood at Stemple Creek ranch, a scenic stretch of sandy rolling hills dotted with bony Eucalyptus trees near the Pacific Ocean in Tomales, California. The animals have brought Poncia acclaim: Stemple Creek’s organic meats…
Amazon Watch: What Happens When the Forest Disappears?
A car drives along a section under construction of the Trans-Amazonian highway (BR230) near Ruropolis, Para state, Brazil.Nelson Almeida/Getty This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The contrast is staggering. On one side of a narrow track is cool, moist rainforest, stretching northwest for hundreds of…
How to See Fall Colors Without a Car
The fall tree colors on Max Patch, a bald mountain located along the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina.George Rose/Getty This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amid farm fields in upstate New York is a wooden platform that serves as the Appalachian Trail’s very own train station. It…
Kamala Harris Says She’ll Prosecute Oil Companies and Utilities for Role in Climate Crisis
Brian Cahn/ZUMA California Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris believes the next commander in chief should hold fossil fuel companies accountable for misleading the public about climate change—and she wants to use the full force of the federal government to do so. In an exclusive interview with Mother Jones last week in Dubuque,…
How Climate Policy Dominated Canada’s Election
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau makes his way to the stage as he celebrates with supporters at Liberal election headquarters.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press/AP This story was originally published by the National Observer and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The governing Liberal Party had largely positive results in Monday night’s federal election when it came to key…