For Camp Fire Survivors, PG&E’s Bankruptcy Makes an Already Difficult Recovery Even More Complicated
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early February, John Gillander, an older man with a thick white mustache and wire-rimmed glasses, parked his red Ford Fiesta inside a county park in…
4 Black Women Leaders on Climate, Justice, and the Green “Promised Land”
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Black leaders have long been pioneers in protecting communities and the environment—from Harriet Tubman, who in the mid-1800s used her knowledge of the natural world to guide escaped slaves…
This Is How the Age of Plastics Began
Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the closing months of World War II, Americans talked nonstop about how and when the war would end, and about how life was about to change. Germany…
Environmentalists Didn’t Expect This Would Happen When They Busted Up Dams
Julie Jacobson/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This post was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dam busting is a grand tradition of American environmentalism. In 1966, when the Sierra Club and allies got Congress to prohibit new dams in the Grand Canyon it…
The 2020 Race Has Its First Climate Candidate
AP Photo/Mary Schwalm Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined the Democratic primary frenzy on Friday, launching a campaign with climate change as its central focus, an issue that conventional political wisdom, pointing to the polling, dismisses as a lower priority for voters than healthcare and stagnating…
Andrew Wheeler Was Just Confirmed as the Nation’s 15th EPA Administrator
The Senate voted 52-47 to confirm the former coal lobbyist, who has served as acting EPA chief since former Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid ethics scandals last July. In a statement posted to Twitter, Wheeler said he was “deeply honored” and looking forward to carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda. I am deeply honored, and…