Good News: There’s More Coverage of Climate Change. Bad News: It’s Because of Trump.
iStock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s the good news: Coverage of climate change on the major broadcast networks increased substantially last year. The bad news? The vast majority of that coverage was driven by the policies and global warming denial of President Donald Trump. According to a new study…
We Already Have Planet-Cooling Technology. The Problem Is, It’s Killing Us.
The Agung volcano erupts, spewing magma and ash thousands of feet into the air on the island of Bali in Indonesia in November 2017.Josh Edelson/ZUMA 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. A trope of sci-fi movies these days,…
Solar Jobs Fell for the First Time in 7 Years in 2017. Now Trump Could Make It Worse.
But on Jan. 22, President Donald Trump approved a 30 percent fee on all imported panels, decreasing by 5 percent per year over four years. The fee was in line with what the International Trade Commission recommended in October, a proposal Suniva called “disappointing” because it was not as aggressive as what the company requested.…
These Animals Are Tougher Than We Thought
Olin Feuerbacher/NPS 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. The West is a challenging place to live these days, with fires and mudslides, droughts and heat waves—to say nothing of the political climate. But the West’s residents…
Study: Mammals May Be Better Equipped to Adapt to Climate Change
Are W/Flickr Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Project Earth/Fusion and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that slow and steady wins the race. But when it comes to adapting to changing environmental conditions, Aesop (the…
Scott Pruitt Went to the Senate and Was Reminded of the Time He Said Trump Would Be Worse Than Obama
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt testified for more than two hours before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee about his first year on the job. While Senate Republicans such as Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) gave him credit for helping create jobs by…