19 of 20 World Leaders Just Pledged to Fight Climate Change. Trump Was the Lone Holdout.
G20 leaders at the meeting in Argentina.Ralf Hirschberger/DPA via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It is telling that on two of the most contentious topics at the Buenos Aires Group of 20 meeting, the United States eventually joined 19 other world leaders on trade, but when it comes to…
The Smoke’s Gone, But Hearts and Lungs Still May Be in Danger Months After Wildfires
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Three days after the Camp Fire erupted, incinerating the Northern California town of Paradise and killing 85 people, Katrina Sawa found herself struggling to breathe. But Sawa wasn’t…
Rep. Raúl Grijalva Is Going to Make Ryan Zinke’s Life Hell in the Next Congress
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Less than a week before the midterm elections, US House Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), released a report detailing how the US House Committee on Natural Resources, on which…
Massive Earthquake Hit Alaska, but the Risk of a Tsunami Subsides
Earthquake activity recorder from November 14-30, 2018. An intense earthquake struck the Anchorage area Friday morning, causing severe shaking and damage and triggering fears of a tsunami. The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 8:29 a.m., local time, the epicenter just north of Anchorage. UAF Quake Center/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters.…
Sure, the New Bipartisan Carbon Tax Will Go Nowhere, but Here’s Why It Matters
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) unveils a bill to set a $15-per-metric-ton carbon fee.Citizens Climate Lobby Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three Democratic and two Republican House members introduced a bipartisan carbon tax bill this week, a long-shot attempt they said would “plant a flag” for next year’s divided government to move forward on…
Trump’s EPA Head Wants Nothing to Do With the Big New Climate Report
EPA acting head Andrew Wheeler.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Climate Assessment that the Trump administration released last Friday involved 13 federal agencies and hundreds of scientists drawing on decades of research. And members of the Trump administration couldn’t distance themselves from the findings…