Scott Pruitt Finally Showed Up for a Congressional Hearing
Mitchell Resnick/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One year ago, President Trump nominated Scott Pruitt to lead the very agency he repeatedly sued when he was Oklahoma Attorney General. At his first congressional oversight hearing on Thursday, Pruitt reflected on the “very, very consequential, and, I think, exciting 10 months since I’ve been in…
We Can’t Talk About the Los Angeles Fires Without Talking About Climate Change
Two spectators watch as a wildfire burns along the 101 Freeway Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in California.Jae C. Hong/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fires have been ravaging Los Angeles and neighboring counties since Monday evening, scorching upwards of 83,000 acres of land. Flames have traversed the 405 and 101…
What to Know About the Los Angeles Fires
Wildfires spread across parts of Los Angeles and the surrounding area starting on Monday December 4, 2017.Reed Saxon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday evening, a wildfire ignited in the foothills of a popular hiking spot in Ventura, California, northwest of Los Angeles. By late Tuesday, the Thomas Fire…
Bitcoin Is Terrible for the Environment
Imago/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Bitcoin is the World’s Hottest Currency, but No One’s Using It,” the Wall Street Journal proclaimed on Saturday. The day prior, the digital currency had surged past $10,000 per coin—and then past $11,000, too. But…
In Texas, a Slow, Grinding, Frustrating Recovery 3 Months After Harvey
A man stands in his still damaged home the week before ThanksgivingDavid J. Phillip/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Rockport, Texas, bringing four feet of rain to Houston and the surrounding area, the recovery process for those who live…
Germany’s War on Coal Is Over. Coal Lost.
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s a sunny October day on the outskirts of the west German town of Bottrop. A quiet, two-lane road leads me through farm pasture to a cluster of anonymous, low-lying buildings set among the trees. The highway hums in the distance. Looming…