Americans of Color Are Way More Likely to Be Environmentalists
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Picture an environmentalist. For many Americans, that prompts an image of someone who’s white, well-educated, and in the middle class. That’s what researchers found…
What’s the Real Deal With This GOP Megadonor Who’s Claimed He Wants Climate Action?
A ClearPath Action ad for Fred Upton (R-Michigan), who is in a competitive race.ClearPath Action, YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three years ago, Jay Faison, a businessman from Charlotte, North Carolina, made a big splash by promising to change the Republican party’s views on climate change. He pledged a total of $175 million…
Anti-Clean Energy Groups Have Come Up With a Way to Show They Have Grassroots Support
Leah Nash for the Washington Post via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Javier Torres Jimenez was surprised to find his South Seattle grocery store, Mi Ranchito, on a list of Latino businesses opposing a…
It Takes More Than a Hurricane to Sway Some Voters In This Texas Election
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. John Culberson, a United State congressman who represents west Houston, has long questioned “the data” on climate change, which scientists say contributes to more intense and frequent storms. When…
“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…
Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Will Get Their Day in Court After All
Plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit rally outside the federal courthouse in Eugene, Oregon on October 29. Robin Loznak/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the second time in just over three months, the Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to delay a climate change lawsuit led by…