Hawaiians Are Using Lessons From Maria to Prepare for “Dangerous” Hurricane Lane
“We are expecting large amounts of rain, flooding and high winds,” Ige said. “There will be significant impacts even if the hurricane doesn’t hit us directly.” Hurricane Lane caused some panic as it moved closer to the islands and strengthened into a Category 5 storm late Tuesday night before weakening to Category 4 on Wednesday…
In the Rural West: More Oil, More Gas, More Ozone
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Grand Junction, Colorado seemed like the perfect spot for Jerry Nelson and his wife to retire from Champaign, Illinois, where he had been an economics professor at the University of Illinois. Ringed…
We Have Extremely Sad News About Sweden’s Reindeer
Tessa Bunney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sweden’s indigenous Sami reindeer herders are demanding state aid to help them cope with the impact of this summer’s unprecedented drought and wildfires, saying their future is at risk as…
Trump’s Attacks on Public Lands Could Help the Democrats in These States
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story is a Climate Desk collaboration between Mother Jones and High Country News. Walk through the Las Cruces farmers market on a sunny Saturday morning, and it soon becomes obvious that residents are really proud of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks…
Here’s What Happens When an Old Steel Town Gets Real About the Environment
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article was published by CityLab in collaboration with Topic and its new documentary series Braddock, PA, about residents fighting to bring their polluted steel town back from the brink. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Where Braddock Avenue ends, after a patchwork of…
Zinke Blamed “Environmental Terrorists” for Wildfires. Here’s the Crazy Backstory That Led to That.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty 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. From California to British Columbia, the West is burning up. While fire experts are clear that climate change is a major factor in making wildfires more frequent and more intense, Interior Secretary…