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…
Trump’s Air Pollution Adviser Actually Said That Clean Air Saves No Lives
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last spring, air pollution researchers from around the world gathered to discuss their latest findings. Among them were scientists who led landmark studies linking smog and soot to…
This Week the Supreme Court Will Decide If 21 Teens Can Sue the Government Over Climate Change
The plaintiffs in a landmark climate change lawsuit line up with their lawyers in July after a hearing in federal court in Oregon.Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than three months ago, the Supreme Court allowed a landmark climate change lawsuit against the federal government to…
Nirvana Unplugged: Why Aren’t More Americans Buying Electric Vehicles?
Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. According to a new report from the United Nations’ scientific panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humanity has about 12 years to avoid the most dire…
This Video Perfectly Captures How the US Failed to Combat Climate Change
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a week of near-nonstop, dire climate news, Vox published a 12-minute video today that painfully illustrates how repeatedly the US failed to make an effective stand against global warming. Beginning, fittingly, with Al Gore—”I’ve been trying to tell this story for 30 years”—the video traces the history of broken…
President Trump Just Visited the Trail of Devastation Hurricane Michael Left Behind
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, President Donald Trump headed to Florida to tour the areas affected by Hurricane Michael. Last week, the storm made landfall as a powerful Category 4 in Florida’s Panhandle, leaving behind a wake of devastation and destruction. Will be leaving for Florida and…