The Photos of Destruction from the Alaska Earthquake Are Haunting
A car is trapped on a collapsed section of road in Anchorage, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Dan Joling/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just north of Anchorage on Friday morning, damaging buildings and roads in Alaska’s largest city. The quake left up to 10,000 people without…
Massive Earthquake Hit Alaska, but the Risk of a Tsunami Subsides
Earthquake activity recorder from November 14-30, 2018. An intense earthquake struck the Anchorage area Friday morning, causing severe shaking and damage and triggering fears of a tsunami. The magnitude-7 quake occurred at 8:29 a.m., local time, the epicenter just north of Anchorage. UAF Quake Center/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters.…
A New Report Finds That Climate Change is the World’s Worst Public Health Crisis
Pollution from recent wildfires forced people in San Francisco to wear face masks outdoors. Eric Risberg/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A report released Wednesday by the Lancet Countdown calls climate change “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century,” and warns that if it is not addressed, disease,…
Pro-Logging Republicans See an Opening in the Farm Bill
Kevin Warn/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As Congress regroups after the midterms, the farm bill is back on the table. The legislation, which comes up for review twice every 10 years, funds agricultural programs in addition to food aid and conservation efforts. After failing to pass a new version…
Sure, the New Bipartisan Carbon Tax Will Go Nowhere, but Here’s Why It Matters
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) unveils a bill to set a $15-per-metric-ton carbon fee.Citizens Climate Lobby Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three Democratic and two Republican House members introduced a bipartisan carbon tax bill this week, a long-shot attempt they said would “plant a flag” for next year’s divided government to move forward on…
Trump’s EPA Head Wants Nothing to Do With the Big New Climate Report
EPA acting head Andrew Wheeler.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Climate Assessment that the Trump administration released last Friday involved 13 federal agencies and hundreds of scientists drawing on decades of research. And members of the Trump administration couldn’t distance themselves from the findings…