“It’s a Ghost Page”: EPA Site’s Climate Change Section May Be Gone for Good
Andrew Wheeler, the EPA’s acting administrator, addresses senators at a committee hearing. Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than a year after the US Environmental Protection Agency took down information on climate change from its website for…
Here’s Why You Should Keep an Eye on the Effort to Repeal California’s Gas Tax
But nationally, the group reported in October, with about half the roads in as poor a condition as California’s, the average motorist is losing $599 annually—a total of $130 billion nationally—as a result of driving on bad roads. That’s $244 less than the average Californian is paying. So, even if California is only able to…
In 6 Western States, Voters Have a Chance to Fight Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Voters in six Western states—Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Washington—will head to the polls Nov. 6 with the chance to decide on hotly contested,…
The Oklahoma Governor’s Race Pits Teachers Against Oil and Gas—and Teachers Have a Fighting Chance
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Drew Edmondson, a former prosecutor and four-term Oklahoma attorney general, speaks during a news conference outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Monday, May 1, 2017.Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Oklahoma would seem like the least likely of places to be poised for a progressive comeback.…
What’s Really Needed to Fight Climate Change Is Money, and Trump Will Not Contribute a Cent
Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under the 2015 Paris climate accord, 195 national governments committed to curbing carbon emissions to mitigate climate change. After the Trump administration…
Haute Cuisine From Backyards and Forests—in the Arctic Circle
After two hours at camp, Kähkönen sees on the iPad that the dog has stopped moving. Thanks to the dog’s bark recorder, he also knows it’s being loud—the dog’s instinctive response to the moose slowing down. He enters the forest, following the barks, and after three effortful hours, he alerts us to come with the…