Where On Earth Is the GOP on Climate Policy?
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Joe Manchin announced an abrupt end to Senate negotiations over major climate legislation last week, activists and even fellow Democrats expressed outrage against the West Virginia lawmaker. Manchin was attacked as a “modern-day villain” who had delivered “nothing short of a death…
What Happens If the World Gets Too Hot for Animals to Survive?
Thomas Gaulkin/ Shutterstock. This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last month, during a slow-moving heat wave that smothered much of the United States, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported at least 2,000 cattle had died from heat stress. In 2021, as the…
“The Scale Is Hard to Grasp”: The Avian Flu Is a Catastrophe for Seabirds
Ben Birchall/PA Images/Contributor/Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A quarter of Europe’s breeding seabirds spend spring in the UK, turning our coastline into a giant maternity unit. These noisy outcrops usually stink of bird poo. However, this year has been different. “Instead of the smell of…
Climate Protesters Smash Windows at Rupert Murdoch’s UK Headquarters
An Extinction Rebellion protest in June 2022.Vuk Valcic/Sipa USA via AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Extinction Rebellion protesters have smashed windows at the London headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s media company, in protest at his outlets’ coverage of the climate crisis. Activists targeted the News…
Stymied by SCOTUS, the EPA Has Other Climate Options
EPA chief Michael Regan.Associated Press This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On June 30, the Supreme Court decided that the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama had overstepped its authority by creating the Clean Power Plan that would force the U.S. to transition from coal…
Texas Claimed It “Fixed” Its Power Grid, but It Doesn’t Seem That Way
The sun sets behind transmission lines in Texas on July 11.Nick Wagner/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Once again, Texas’ ability to keep electricity flowing to its nearly 30 million residents is in doubt: Searing heat waves, and the heightened energy use…