Mustafa Santiago Ali Describes the Path Forward for Environmental Justice
Having departed the EPA under President Trump, Mustafa Santiago Ali is now vice president of environmental justice at the National Wildlife Federation. Courtesy image 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 piece was originally published in High…
The Number of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Is on The Verge of Exploding. What Happens Now?
Yegor Aleyev/TASS/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 piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Bobby Wright says the seed of the idea was planted about a…
Trump Has Blown Up His One Decent Conservation Action—of Course
President Donald J. Trump during a signing ceremony for The Great American Outdoors Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Looking on at left is US Senator Cory Gardner (Republican of Colorado).Chris Kleponis/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to…
Good News! Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback!
A (very cute) Hoary Marmot in Rocky Mountains British Columbia, Canada.Dennis Fast/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 piece was originally published in Canada’s National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership.…
The Case for Climate Reparations
A man, displaced by Hurricane Eta in Honduras, cooks plantains in a refugee camp along the median of a highway in San Pedro Sula.Seth Sidney Berry/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 piece was originally published…
Spent Rockets Are Dangerous Space Trash, but They Could Be the Future of Living and Working in Orbit
A nighttime photograph of the Earth’s surface from the International Space Station.NASA/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 piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In early…