Portraits of Suffering and Resilience in Puerto Rico Six Months After Hurricane Maria
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Today marks six months since Hurricane Maria made landfall and ripped through Puerto Rico, lashing the island with winds well above 155 miles per hour and devastating the homes and communities of many of its 3.4 million residents. Many people forget that three weeks before…
Columbia River Tribes Step Up Battle Against Fossil Fuels
Hundreds of protesters blockade Puget Sound Energy’s liquefied natural gas facility under construction at the Port of Tacoma, Washington, in December 2017. This protest followed a non-guilty ruling of two protesters who chained themselves to equipment at the site on May 17. They were acquitted since it could not be determined whether they were on…
Industry Kills Nearly 40 Million Birds Per Year. The Trump Administration Doesn’t Think That’s Enough.
Louisiana Governors Office/Planet Pix/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. From the cockpit of a Cessna airplane, Gary Mowad, a special agent for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, spotted what looked like a dried-out pond in rural…
The Koch Brothers Tried to Spread Fake News in Black Churches. It Did Not Go Well.
Amelia Bates/Grist 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. Rev. Paul Wilson fastens enough buttons on his jacket to stay warm on a chilly fall afternoon but still keep his clergy collar visible. He’s whipping up a crowd of…
FEMA’s Plan for Dealing With Natural Disasters Is Missing the Two Most Important Words
People rescue a cat left behind in Vidor, Texas following Hurricane Harvey.Julie Dermansky/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In its first strategic plan following a tragic string of natural disasters—Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, the fires that ravaged California, and record-setting East Coast winter storms—the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) boldly dodged the…
This is What a West Without Water Will Look Like
Kevin E. Schmidt/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Southwest United States is wrapping up an abnormally dry winter. Nearly all of Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California are facing drought conditions in 2018. About a quarter of the West’s drinking water relies on melting snow, which has been in short…