What Do Evangelical Christians Really Think About Climate Change?
Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty This story was originally published by Newsweek and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The vast majority of scientists agree climate change is an existing, growing, and man-made threat to our planet. And yet the topic is a divisive issue in the US—not least among people of faith. White evangelical Christians…
Farmers and Ranchers Know What Climate Change Feels Like. They Just Wrote Congress Demanding Action.
Farmer Leah Penniman is one of a coalition of 10,000 farmers and ranchers who sent a letter to Congress in support of a Green New Deal resolution.Jamel Mosely-Mel A coalition that unites farmers and ranchers behind the Green New Deal hopes to set a new tone for how the agriculture sector relates to policy solutions…
How Burning More Wood Could Fight California’s Wildfires
Justin Sullivan/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Slim pine trunks stacked in a mound loomed over my head, curving around me in a partial circle like a dam built by Brontosaurus-sized beavers. I’d followed a long unmarked dirt road earlier this year to see it: One…
In Trump’s Brawl With California, the Law Is With California—but Will That Matter?
Bruce Chambers/Orange County Register/AP The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it will revoke California’s waiver that allowed the state to enforce its own tailpipe greenhouse gas emission standards. On Friday, California and 23 other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to challenge the move. When the Trump administration announced it would roll…
Cory Booker Says Any Serious Climate Plan Has to Include Nuclear Power
Mark Helenowski, Mother Jones Among the 2020 presidential candidates, Cory Booker stands out for his record of advocating for the people who bear the brunt of pollution and toxic waste. Before his presidential run, he traveled to Louisiana, North Carolina, and Alabama to inform a sweeping bill that codifies the federal government’s requirement to incorporate…
You’ve Got to See These Inspiring Photos to Understand the Scale of Today’s Global Climate Strikes
Protestors fill the streets of Frankfurt, Germany for the World Climate Strike.Andreas Arnold/Zuma In a remarkable display of global collective action, hundreds of thousands of people around the world skipped school and work on Friday to protest the lack of meaningful governmental action against climate change. The Global Climate Strike, a youth-led movement that has partnered with…