Rents Are Too Damn High and the World Is Too Damn Hot. Both Are About to Make Gentrification Worse.
A young woman walks through the parking lot of a Conroe, Texas, house whose owners have installed tents. A thin sheet of snow blanketed the Houston area on December 8, 2017. Alicia L. Pérez/EFE/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part…
This Meteorologist Explains Why the Extreme Heat Is Way Worse Than You Think
National Weather Service Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past seven days have set global heat milestones and sparked safety concerns from Quebec, where at least 34 people have died in the province from the heat and humidity, to northern Siberia, home to the coldest town on Earth, which recorded…
It’s Barely July and This Wildfire Season Already Looks Terrifying
Paul Kitagaki Jr/TNS via ZUMA Wire 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. Just in case you’ve been living in an (air-conditioned) underground cave, summer is in full swing. The heat is breaking temperature records coast-to-coast, drought covers half of the country, and—sure…
Republicans in Congress Sure Seem Happy Not to Have to Defend Scott Pruitt Anymore
Andrew Wheeler at his confirmation hearing to become EPA deputy directorAlex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Scott Pruitt’s scandal-plagued tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency finally came to an end Thursday, his many critics in and out of Congress wasted no time rejoicing at another Trump Cabinet member…
Read Scott Pruitt’s Bizarre Resignation Letter
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he accepted Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation. Andrew Wheeler, who worked as a coal lobbyist before being confirmed by the Senate in April for deputy EPA administrator, will succeed Pruitt. Fox News…
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Revive Damaged Land
Will Seberger/ZUMAPRESS.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Carianne Campbell remembers the exact moment she fell in love with the Sonoran Desert. As a botany major in college, she joined a class field trip to Organ…