Kamala Harris Could Be Just the Kind of Prosecutor the Earth Needs
Mother Jones illustration; Lev Radin/Sipa/AP; Getty When it comes to campaign messaging, Kamala Harris’ past as a prosecutor has served as both a strength and a liability. As a first-term senator from California, her rigorous cross-examination during the confirmation hearings of several Trump appointees—including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Environmental…
Climate Deniers Aren’t Mainstream, But Congress Is Rife With Them
From left, Ted Cruz (Texas), Steve Scalise (Louisiana), and August Pfluger (Texas) are all openly hostile to federal climate efforts..Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US politics is an outlier bastion of climate denial with nearly one in four members of…
Why a Kamala Harris Victory Could Prove Critical for the Health of the Planet
Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Houston, July 25, 2024.Jerome Hicks/ZUMA This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Vice President Kamala Harris all but locked up the Democratic presidential nomination last Sunday. It was also, incidentally, the single hottest day in this planet’s history. That inauspicious timing reveals…
Frackers Are Spraying Toxic Wastewater on Pennsylvania Roads Despite Seven-Year Ban
A Pennsylvania fracking site.Charles Mostoller / Zuma Press This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Siri Lawson and her husband live on a stamp of wooded, hilly land in Warren County, Pennsylvania, nestled in the state’s rural northwest corner. In the summer heat, cars traveling on the county’s dirt…
Joe Biden’s Enormous, Contradictory, and Fragile Climate Legacy
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on May 29, 2024.Photo Image Press via ZUMA Press This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The day after President Joe Biden said he would not seek reelection, his White House announced more than $4.3 billion in…
What Project 2025 Would Mean for America’s Climate Policies
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) wore a customized outfit to President Joe Biden’s March 2022 State of the Union address.Saul Loeb/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As delegates arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee earlier this week to officially nominate former president Donald Trump as…