“It’s Zero Hour to Act on Climate Change.” Teen Activists Call for Action in Global Marches.
Zero Hour Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fifteen months ago, thousands of protesters swarmed the streets of Washington, DC, and other cities all over the world in a climate march that even included a group of 1,000 grandmothers and an appearance by actor Leonardo DiCaprio. That may not be an…
Fossil Fuel Industries Outspend Clean Energy Advocates on Climate Lobbying by 10 to 1
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel producers, airlines and electrical utilities outspent environmental groups and the renewable energy industry 10 to 1 on lobbying related to climate change legislation between 2000 and 2016, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. The research, which will be published…
Internal Watchdog Blasts EPA’s Response to Flint Water Crisis in Blistering Report
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A long-awaited report from the Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog criticized the agency’s initial approach to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and urged a series of reforms to ensure that such a dramatic breakdown in state and federal…
Republicans Are Finally Talking About a Carbon Tax. Not in a Good Way.
Jan-Otto, Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a symbolic resolution that calls a tax on carbon “detrimental to the United States economy” in a 229 to 180 vote. Sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La), the resolution rejects a carbon tax by listing a dozen different…
Environmentalists Are Worried Trump’s Supreme Court Pick “Is the Next Scott Pruitt”
Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Unlike the president who nominated him to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t hesitate to call climate change a problem. “The task of dealing with global warming is urgent and important at the national and international level,” he wrote in a…
Welcome to Tampa, Where Feral Chickens Are High on the Pecking Order
Dylan Breese/Ybor Chicken Society Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today, Tampa, Florida’s city council will decide the fate of its feathered population. The city’s Cuban quarter, called Ybor City, has long been home to roaming feral chickens. Smaller in stature and more agile than your ordinary backyard birds, they have…