We Have Extremely Sad News About Sweden’s Reindeer
Tessa Bunney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sweden’s indigenous Sami reindeer herders are demanding state aid to help them cope with the impact of this summer’s unprecedented drought and wildfires, saying their future is at risk as…
Think Rivers Are Dangerous Now? Just Wait.
Robert Alexander/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A river is a mercurial thing, running deep and fast in the rainy season, and low and slow when the rains fade. It can dry up completely one year, then turn…
Trump’s Attacks on Public Lands Could Help the Democrats in These States
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story is a Climate Desk collaboration between Mother Jones and High Country News. Walk through the Las Cruces farmers market on a sunny Saturday morning, and it soon becomes obvious that residents are really proud of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks…
Even Trump’s EPA Admits His Power Plan Will Kill Thousands of Americans
Zhou Changguo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When President Barack Obama unveiled the Clean Power Plan in the East Room of the White House three years ago, he called it “the single most important step America has ever taken in the fight against global climate change.” Today, that plan, which would…
Here’s What Happens When an Old Steel Town Gets Real About the Environment
Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This article was published by CityLab in collaboration with Topic and its new documentary series Braddock, PA, about residents fighting to bring their polluted steel town back from the brink. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Where Braddock Avenue ends, after a patchwork of…
Zinke Blamed “Environmental Terrorists” for Wildfires. Here’s the Crazy Backstory That Led to That.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty 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. From California to British Columbia, the West is burning up. While fire experts are clear that climate change is a major factor in making wildfires more frequent and more intense, Interior Secretary…