Wildfire Season Is Here—and More Than 800,000 Californians Are About to Go Without Power Because of It
Fire burns around PG&E transmission towers, Monday, November 12, 2018, east of Pulga,Calif., near the first reports of the 2018 Camp Fire. Karl Mondon/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images On midnight Wednesday morning, the Pacific Gas and Electric company will shut off power for roughly 800,000 customers in parts of 34 counties throughout California…
The Democrats Are Ignoring a Climate Refugee Crisis That’s Happening Right Now
Last weekend, at least 119 Bahamians fleeing the destruction left by Hurricane Dorian were forced off a ferry headed for the east coast of Florida because they lacked visas. This came despite visa-free travel between the United States and the Bahamas, a trip so common some make it without even needing passports. On Monday, President…
Here’s Why the Carolinas Are So Much More Vulnerable to a Hurricane Like Dorian Right Now
NASA Puerto Rico has escaped the worst of Hurricane Dorian. And it looks like Florida might, too: On Saturday morning, the storm again shifted paths, and it appears likely to skirt Florida’s eastern coast instead of making a direct hit. That doesn’t mean the danger is over for Florida, and it does put the rest…
Stop Sharing Those Viral Photos of the Amazon Burning
Mother Jones Illustration The hashtag #AmazonRainforest was trending on Twitter Wednesday, with many users outraged that the mainstream media was not sufficiently reporting on the fires that have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. There are very real fires burning in the Amazon and they do deserve more coverage, but there’s a big problem with this…
Burn. Build. Repeat: Why Our Wildfire Policy Is So Deadly
A multiple-exposure image of developer Jeb Allen at a construction site in Redding’s Salt Creek Heights Justin Maxon Standing on Shingletown Ridge and gazing west toward the setting sun, Bruce Miller eyes a rainbow of colors. He sees pink: the dusky sky blanketing a postcard-perfect valley 3,000 feet below. He sees gray: distant snow-capped mountains. He…