A Record Number of Americans Now Say Climate Change Is a Top Priority. So Now What?
Thousands of people participate in the People’s Climate Movement march in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump’s attack on the climate and the Environmental Protection Agency.Astrid Riecken/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. A growing share of voters list climate and the…
In Rural Colorado, the Kids of Coal Miners Learn to Install Solar Panels
Ethan Bates and Cody Sauve adjust the wiring box on a solar array outside their Delta High School classroom. Bates’ father was a coal mine foreman.Luna Anna Archey/High Country News This piece was originally published in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. At a picnic table in a…
The Award for Best New Species of 2019: A Tiny Primate That Looks Like Baby Yoda
Friends, we’ve found it. The most adorable—and therefore the best—new species of the year. It’s got bulging eyes, slender toes, and a tail twice the length of its minuscule body. If a chinchilla and a Furby had a baby, this is what it’d look like. But perhaps most importantly, the species bears a striking resemblance…
Why Is This Federal Pollution Tracker Shutting Down?
Toxmap allowed users to pan and zoom across a map of the United States and Canada to discover information about environmental contamination, and to cross-reference that with other relevant data, like demographics and population. /NLM This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Fifteen years ago,…
Michael Bloomberg Has a Toxic Legacy on Lead
Democratic presidential candidate former New York City mayor.Justin Sullivan/Getty This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. When Cordell Cleare went to meet the mayor of New York City for the first time in winter 2003, she expected to be disappointed. The Harlem mother had spent…
Soon We May All Be Suffering from Climate Whiplash
Night long exposure photograph of the Santa Clarita wildfire in CA./Getty This piece was originally published in Yale Environment 360 and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. From 2011 to 2016, California experienced five years of extreme drought, during which numerous high temperature records were broken. These hot, dry years were followed by…