Why Kentucky Is Dead Last in Wind and Solar Energy Production
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Andy McDonald recalls a decade-old Kentucky legislative hearing on…
Why Are We So Afraid of Nuclear Power?
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Russians forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power…
Health Care Without Mifepristone? “The Experience for Patients Is Going to Be Awful.”
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“It was absolutely revolutionary,” Dr. Marguerite Cohen, an OB-GYN in Portland, Oregon, says. Dr. Cassing Hammond, an OB-GYN in Chicago, Illinois, describes it as a “sea change—a godsend for so many of the patients who needed…
A Colorado Town Tried to Discourage Fossil Fuel Dependency. The Utility Wasn’t Having It.
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gunnison, Colorado, at…
Think Globally, Build Like Hell Locally
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. In March, “Save Lafayette” finally lost a long-running battle to stop a 315-unit housing complex from being built in Lafayette, a small…
Donald Trump’s Lawyers Just Made a Big Mistake
Mother Jones; Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch /IPX/AP, Mary Altaffer/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, when Donald Trump filed a $500 million civil lawsuit in federal court against his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, legal experts scoffed and guffawed. Trump’s suit accused Cohen of…