EPA Chief Michael Regan Relishes “Clean Slate” After Years of Trump Chaos
Michael Regan speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate.Caroline Brehman/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Michael Regan has perhaps the most…
Can a Pipeline Firm Defy a Governor’s Orders? Gretchen Whitmer Is About to Find Out.
An Enbridge crew works on a stretch of pipeline in June 2019. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As governor, Gretchen Whitmer vowed to provide clean and affordable drinking water for the Great Lakes state…
JPMorgan Secretly Emailed the Trump Administration About Bailing Out the Oil Industry
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In October, top executives at JPMorgan Chase wrote in an op-ed for Fortune that the “clock is ticking” on the climate crisis and that JPMorgan planned to…
Fossil-Fuel Firms Reaped Billions in COVID Tax Breaks—Then Laid Off Thousands of Workers
A Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California. Robyn Beck/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil-fuel companies have received billions of dollars…
Despite Pledge to Reduce Emissions, China Is Bingeing on Coal
A worker at the rail repair unit of a Chinese coal mine in 2015.Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part…
Something Every Frequent Flier Should Know: You’re a “Super-Emitter”
A passenger plane takes of in Barecelona, Spain.Jordi Boixareu/ ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An “elite minority” of frequent…