Hundreds of Young Protesters Confront McConnell Over Green New Deal
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hundreds of youth climate activists marched on Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s Washington office and 42 of them were arrested by police, according to organizers. The protesters—who…
This Is How One Family Tries to Makes Sense of Losing Its Colorado River Water
What was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona.John Locher/Associated Press 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. The furrows in a…
How Is This 10-Year-Old Fighting Climate Change? First, by Ditching School.
She started a litter-picking campaign, sharing photos and videos on social media through Lilly’s Plastic Pickup. She’s since been invited to international environment conferences, and is now a youth ambassador for the Plastic Pollution Coalition, an anti-plastic alliance based in California, and HOW Global, a global development NGO. “I’ve never stopped picking up plastic,” she…
The Internet Can’t Stop Laughing About the Way This Senator Talked to Some Children
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) at the Capitol on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The internet lost its mind on Friday evening when the Sunrise Movement, a climate activism group composed of youthful volunteers working to gain support for the Green New…
No Deal in Sight as Fuel Standard Talks Between EPA and California Stall Out
Justin Sullivan/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. The Golden State has long set the gold standards for fuel efficiency and automobile emissions. Thanks to the Clean Air Act, California is able to set stricter fuel…
A Scientist Who Resisted Trump Administration Censorship of Climate Report Just Lost Her Job
Climate scientist Maria Caffrey is out of a job starting on February 15.Elizabeth Shogren/Reveal Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For several years, climate change scientist Maria Caffrey led a trailblazing study outlining the risks of rising seas…