Climate Change Is Even Worse for Our Health Than We Thought
This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change could take a greater toll on global health than previously estimated. That’s according to a new report published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The article, along with an editorial published in the same issue, calls on health professionals to lead…
In Angola, Conservationists Make the Case for a Massive New National Park
The east-central and southeastern section of Angola, including the province of Cuando Cubango, was home to Jonas Savimbi, who led the U.S.-backed UNITA faction. UNITA, now a political party, draws its support from this region, and at times the place can feel almost like an independent country. Costa says that when she was growing up…
This Virtual Reality Video Will Show You Why Ice Storms Can Be So Deadly
This story was originally published by the Weather Channel. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the threat of Winter Storm Harper looms over the Midwest and Northeast, public officials from Kansas to Vermont have begun preparations for heavy snow and treacherous travel conditions. Meteorologist Jim Cantore, using the Weather Channel’s Immersive Mixed Reality technology,…
The Pentagon’s New Climate Change Report Is Missing Some Important Details
Waves slam the Oceana Pier & Pier House Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, as Hurricane Florence approaches the area. Travis Long/The News & Observer/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than two months after President Donald Trump said he did not believe a federal report outlining the existential threat of…
EPA Nominee Andrew Wheeler Wasn’t Ready for the Senate’s Questions on Climate Change
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It was clear about halfway through Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection Agency that he wasn’t prepared for the number of questions he was getting on climate change. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked Wheeler on Wednesday whether he…
Trump’s Climate Plan Is a “Free Pass for Carbon Pollution”
Getty/VanderWolf-Images 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. The Trump administration’s replacement for the linchpin Obama-era plan to combat climate change would increase greenhouse gas emissions in much of the US more than doing nothing at all, according…