Google Has Made Some Generous Contributions to Climate Change Deniers
David Paul Morris/Getty This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Google has made “substantial” contributions to some of the most notorious climate deniers in Washington despite its insistence that it supports political action on the climate crisis. Among hundreds of groups the company has listed on its…
Want to Know What Climate Change Feels Like? Ask an Alaskan.
A brush fire burns in South Anchorage, Alaska on Tuesday, July 2, 2019.Loren Holmes/AP This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Adrienne Titus was heading back to her parents’ village on a sweltering afternoon in early July when she saw the dead salmon. She had…
California Governor Blames Greed, Not Climate Change, for Bay Area Blackouts
Justin Sullivan/Getty California Gov. Gavin Newsom put California public utility Pacific Gas & Electric on blast Thursday while the company worked to slowly restore power to the more than one million people affected by its planned blackouts. Strong wind forecasts during hot, dry weather—ideal conditions for the wildfires that have plagued the state in recent…
If Power Shutoffs Are the New Normal in California, PG&E Needs to Do More than Provide Charging Stations
Josh Edelson/Getty In Merritt College’s parking lot, high up in the hills of Oakland, California, the big white tent is supposed to serve as an “community resource center” for PG&E customers that have been left without power since last night. The reality is that it’s mostly just a charging station with water and WiFi. About…
California’s Massive Power Outages Are Threatening the Oakland Zoo’s Animals
Grizzly and brown bears in their pool habitat at the Oakland ZooBen Margot/AP As massive power outages swept across the northern part of California Wednesday, the Oakland Zoo, which was closed to the public, hustled to protect its animals, especially ones that rely on a stable environment. Of the highest priority are the mountain yellow-legged frogs,…
The World Is On Fire, But There’s One Way Out
Passaro/Fotogramma/Ropi/Zuma The dire urgency of the climate crisis is now a global five-alarm fire. For the United States to begin to extinguish the flames, the country will need to completely restructure its social and political systems. That’s where the Green New Deal comes in. Veteran activist and environmentalist Naomi Klein rejects the idea that climate…