Ryan Zinke Out as Interior Secretary
George Frey/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that Ryan Zinke—who, as Interior Secretary, oversees nearly one-fifth of all land in the United States—will leave his post at the end of the year. Trump said he will nominate a new secretary in the next week,…
“What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic”
Arterra/UIG/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Arctic is in the throes of what sea-ice scientist Peter Wadhams calls a “death spiral.” As the region’s once abundant ice melts, giving way to a less reflective…
Joe Manchin Will Be the Top Democrat on the Energy Committee
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a list of committee assignments on Tuesday that brought bad news for environmental activists: Joe Manchin, the pro-coal West Virginia senator who narrowly held onto his deep-red seat this November, will now be the…
Leaked Memo: Government Scientists Warned Trump’s Oil Plan Would Threaten Alaska’s Polar Bears
Polar bears in the Arctic National Wildlife RefugeSylvain Cordier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an internal memo circulated within the Interior Department earlier this year, government scientists issued a stark warning: The Trump administration’s plans to allow oil exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could further jeopardize…
Scientists Just Discovered Billions of Previously Undetected Microorganisms. Right. Beneath. Us.
Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Earth is far more alive than previously thought, according to “deep life” studies that reveal a rich ecosystem beneath our feet that is almost twice…
There May Be a ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for the Great Barrier Reef
Mark Kolbe/Getty Images for Tourism Queensland Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Great Barrier Reef fared better during an oceanic heat wave last year than during sizzling weather a year earlier that caused hundreds of miles…