This GOP Congressman Has Begun a Huge Fight Over a Key Environmental Law
Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is a major proponent of reforming the bedrock National Environmental Policy Act.Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press 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. A linchpin environmental law is now being scrutinized by…
This Video Captured a Massive Iceberg Breaking off a Glacier
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This past June, late one night, a team of scientists camped out on a fjord in Greenland heard a roar. When icebergs are born, they fill the ocean with noise, and the Helheim…
The Oil Industry Has Launched a Preemptive Strike Over Washington State’s Carbon Tax Ballot Initiative
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press 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. A bunch of heavy boxes arrived in the Washington state capital on Monday morning. They were filled with thousands of petitions in support of the proposed “Protect…
There Are a Few Things Environmentalists Actually Do Agree On
Peter Byrne/PA Wire via ZUMA Press 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. Sometimes the most vicious fights occur over the smallest differences. Brutal battles have pitted Catholics that kneel in prayer against Protestant sects that stood before the…
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…