Florida’s Getting Swamped by Deadly Red Algae
This story was originally published by HuffPost. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) declared a state of emergency on Monday as a months-long red tide continues to spread throughout the region’s waters, killing hundreds of turtles and sickening people in coastal communities. The red tide―a harmful bloom of algae that…
Washington Judge Just Dealt a Blow to the Youth-Led Fight Over Climate Change
Youth plaintiffs in a climate change lawsuit marched in Olympia in February. Robin Loznak/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a blow to young climate activists, a Seattle judge dismissed a lawsuit on Tuesday that alleged Washington state had violated children’s rights by failing to protect them from climate…
Ryan Zinke Is Clueless About Wildfires
To be fair, Zinke acknowledged that “there’s no doubt the [fire] season is getting longer, the temperatures are getting hotter,” as the Sacramento Bee reported. But he didn’t dwell on those factors and instead argued for more logging and thinning of forests while taking another swing at environmental groups that he says stand in the…
A Mental Health Crisis Unfolds in Puerto Rico’s “Living Emergency”
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire 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. For the first 36 hours after Hurricane Maria, five-year-old Keydiel and his mother Shaina were trapped by the toppled trees that blocked the doors to their home in Yabucoa,…
114 Wildfires Are Scorching an Area Larger Than Delaware
The Holy Fire in CaliforniaChris Rusanowsky/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As of Friday, there were 114 total wildfires across the country, consuming a combined area larger than the state of Delaware. To fight the blazes, 29,000 people have been deployed with an arsenal of 200 helicopters and 1,800 engines, according to…
Air Pollution Denial Could Become EPA Policy
Xinhua News Agency/GettyImages Contributor Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The New Republic. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Much of the Republican Party has long denied the science of climate change—that humans are causing the planet to warm. They’ve been less willing, historically, to deny…