Trump Is Trying to Greenwash His Appalling Environmental Record Before the Election
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump plant trees to celebrate Earth Day, on Wednesday, April 22, 2020.AP Photo/Evan Vucci For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This article was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. During…
House Democrats Demand Climate Be a “Centerpiece” of the 2020 Presidential Debates
2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden in the Democratic Presidential Debate on March 15, 2020.CNN/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Dozens of House Democrats are calling for the…
A California Wildfire Nearly Destroyed This 130-Year-Old Observatory
The Lick Observatory at the top of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California.Marty Bicek/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On the morning, of Sunday, August…
Republicans at the Convention Did Not Lay Out a Plan for Climate Change—Much Less Acknowledge It
The president’s son, Eric Trump.RNC Video Feed/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The Republican National Convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has…
Hurricane Laura’s Storm Surge Is Predicted to be “Unsurvivable”
People prepare to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020.Andrew Caballero/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A 100-mile stretch from Texas to Louisiana is facing an “unsurvivable storm surge” as Hurricane Laura hurdles towards land…
Transitioning to Renewable Energy Isn’t So Simple. Just Look at California.
Solar panel array in Irwindale, California.Ringo Chiu/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Slate and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The recent “heat storm” in California has pushed grid operators to impose rolling blackouts for the first time since…