Communities in the Southwest Have Changed Their July 4 Celebrations
Joel Angel Juarez via ZUMA Wire 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. Around the country, Americans are cooking up hamburgers and bratwursts on their barbecues, embarking on backcountry camping trips, and preparing fireworks displays to celebrate…
The Dirty Little Secret Behind “Clean Energy” Wood Pellets
Rothermel/DPA/ZUMA Wire 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. It is touted as a smart way for Europe to reach its renewable energy goals. But try telling Lisa Sanchez thousands of miles away in America that burning wood…
If You Could Say Anything to Scott Pruitt’s Face What Would It Be? This Woman Got Her Chance.
Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kristin Mink, a sixth-grade teacher at Sidwell Friends School, was eating lunch with her 2-year-old son at a restaurant in Washington, DC, when she noticed Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt sitting three tables away. “He’s corrupt, he’s a liar, he’s a climate change…
Seattle Just Became the First Major American City to Ban Plastic Straws And Utensils
The ordinance, which went into effect Sunday, prohibits restaurants, delis, coffee shops, food trucks, cafeterias and grocery stores from providing the plastic items to customers. Upon request only, those vendors may provide people with a compostable straw or utensil. Since 2008, Seattle has been rolling out a citywide ban on single-use plastics and removed exemptions from…
Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement Is Probably Making Scott Pruitt Very, Very Happy
Mitchell Resnick/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Vermont Law School professor Patrick Parenteau has given lots of interviews since Wednesday, when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. Most have…
60 Years Ago You Couldn’t Stargaze in London. Now You Can.
Nick Ansell/PA Wire via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Slate and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The famed Royal Observatory in Greenwich, United Kingdom, is reopening more than 60 years after London’s smog forced its closure in 1957. The Royal Observatory was…