Trump’s FEMA to Americans: Don’t Count on Us This Hurricane Season
Eliud Echevarria/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency was already supporting 692 federally declared disasters when hurricane season started last year. Then came the most destructive disaster season…
Oops! Federal Officials Divulged Secret Info About Native American Artifacts
Jacob W. Frank/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire 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. Federal officials mistakenly published confidential information on locations and descriptions of about 900 ancient cliff dwellings, spiritual structures, rock art panels and other Native…
Trump Has Dreams of a New Energy Boom That Even the Fossil Fuel Industry Thinks Is Too Extreme
Once a coal town, Paonia, Colo., is now known for wineries, boutiques, galleries and organic farms that draw tourists from nearby ski resorts.Morgan Levy for Reveal 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. Ten thousand feet up, it’s possible…
During a Historic Heat Wave, Researchers Make the Case for Sustainable Cooling
Charlie Kaijo/Tampa Bay Times via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Amid the hottest summer on record for various regions across the globe, a team of researchers affiliated with the United Nations released a report calling on entrepreneurs and politicians to fund affordable ways for people to cool off…
Narwhals Are Real, and They Could Be in Real Trouble
Atlas Obscura Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Narwhals are sometimes called the “unicorns of the sea.” Like their fictional equine counterparts, narwhals appear to have a horn or tusk—it actually functions more like a tooth—galloping straight…
Even Nixon Supported This 100-Year-Old Law Protecting Migratory Birds. Now Trump Wants to Gut It.
SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire 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. Legal wrangling over the future of a landmark conservation law signed 100 years ago centers on the question of whether “inadvertently” killing birds is illegal. Environmental groups…