American Cities Are Seriously Underreporting Their Carbon Footprints
grynold/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.How much do you reckon your city contributes to climate change? If you added up the emissions from all the homes, businesses, vehicles, industries—everything that makes a city a city—what…
The Fossil Fuel Debate’s Most Bizarre Byproduct: “Petro-Masculinity”
Former White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the White House in October 2019.(Evan Vucci/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 HuffPost and is reproduced here as…
Humans Are Walloping Sea Creatures With Deadly, Disorienting Noise
A white beluga whale and her calf. Nagoya, Japan, 2004.AFP/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. A natural ocean soundscape is fundamental…
COVID-19 Has Killed 1 in 475 Native Americans
Tribal members at the burial of a husband and wife on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, December 2020. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/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…
The Forgotten History of Wyoming’s Black Miners
James E. Shepperson was pictured in the Seattle Republican, a now-defunct Black newspaper, on Oct. 26, 1900. 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 High Country News and is reproduced here as part of…
Criminal Charges in Flint’s Water Fiasco Offers a Mere Trickle of Justice
Former Governor Rick Snyder following his arraignment on January 14, 2021. Ryan Garza/TNS via ZUMA Wire 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.No punishment has yet fit the crime of the Flint water crisis, complete with its…