Chicago’s Last Waterfall Is About to Disappear
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s hard to chase waterfalls in the city of Chicago. Although there is a smattering of decorative cascades—Stearns Quarry Park, for example, has a water feature made out of recycled sidewalk…
Ozone Levels in Many US National Parks Are Similar to Those in Large Cities
This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Even in the awe-inspiring canyons of Yellowstone and mountains of Yosemite, the fresh air may not be so fresh: Concentrations of ozone in many US national parks are similar to levels in America’s largest metropolitan areas, according to a new study in Science Advances by researchers…
“It’s Zero Hour to Act on Climate Change.” Teen Activists Call for Action in Global Marches.
Zero Hour Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fifteen months ago, thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of Washington, DC, and other cities all over the world in a climate march that even included a group of 1,000 grandmothers and an appearance by actor Leonardo DiCaprio. That may not be an…
Fossil Fuel Industries Outspend Clean Energy Advocates on Climate Lobbying by 10 to 1
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel producers, airlines and electrical utilities outspent environmental groups and the renewable energy industry 10 to 1 on lobbying related to climate change legislation between 2000 and 2016, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. The research, which will be published…
Republicans Are Finally Talking About a Carbon Tax. Not in a Good Way.
Jan-Otto, Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a symbolic resolution that calls a tax on carbon “detrimental to the United States economy” in a 229 to 180 vote. Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La), the resolution rejects a carbon tax by listing a dozen different…
Environmentalists Are Worried Trump’s Supreme Court Pick “Is the Next Scott Pruitt”
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Unlike the president who nominated him to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t hesitate to call climate change a problem. “The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important at the national and international level,” he wrote in a…