Emails Show How Determined Scott Pruitt Was to Destroy the Environment
The scandal-plagued Pruitt had long pushed for a public “red team, blue team” debate between mainstream scientists and the small minority of scientists who disagree with them about climate change and its causes. In late 2017, White House officials urged him to abandon the idea. Yet according to emails obtained by the Guardian through a Freedom…
The Green New Deal Is Really Popular—Even Among Republicans
Earlier this month, protesters from the Sunrise Movement, an environmental advocacy group, staged a protest inside Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)’s office.Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images This story was originally published by HuffPost. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Green New Deal is the most popular policy hardly anyone has heard of yet. Eighty-two percent…
Scientists Are Using Penguin Poop to Understand How Climate Change Is Affecting the Arctic
assimo Rumi/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Satellites watch many things as they orbit the Earth: hurricanes brewing in the Caribbean, tropical forests burning in the Amazon, even North Korean soldiers building missile launchers. But some researchers have…
40 Million Americans Depend on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up.
Patrick Gorski, Zuma 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. Prompted by years of drought and mismanagement, a series of urgent multi-state meetings are currently underway in Las Vegas to renegotiate the use of the Colorado River. Seven states and…
The Stinkiest, Dirtiest, Nastiest Renewable Energy You’ve Never Heard Of
Grist / Fertnig / Robert Newton / EyeEm / Visions of America / UIG via 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. Drive down Interstate 95 through Baltimore and you can’t miss the…
Ryan Zinke Is Resigning, and the Internet’s Reaction Is Priceless
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that his Interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, will be leaving his position in the coming weeks. Zinke’s tenure overseeing the nation’s public lands has been controversial and has resulted in a number of federal investigations. (He…