They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?
A Cal Fire firefighter keeps an eye on a blaze in front of a home near Boulder Creek, California, on Aug. 19.Nhat V. Meyer/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses…
Is Anyone Else Having End Times Anxiety? Because, Hoo Boy!
Burnt out wreckage is seen along Pleasants Creek Road where the LNU Lightning complex fire tore through late last week, photographed on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 in Vacaville, CA Kent Nishimura/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.I cannot sleep; at night, my mind cycles through an Arya…
Hurricane Laura’s Storm Surge Is Predicted to be “Unsurvivable”
People prepare to board a bus for evacuation before the arrival of hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 25, 2020.Andrew Caballero/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A 100-mile stretch from Texas to Louisiana is facing an “unsurvivable storm surge” as Hurricane Laura hurdles towards land…
A Hurricane, a Pandemic, and Trump: The Triple Crisis Is Barreling Down on Florida
Trump returning from playing golf at his Sterling, Va. course on August 1. Patrick Semansky, AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall sometime tonight near southeast Florida after causing landslides, power outages, and widespread flooding in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic,…
Trump Says Nuclear Proliferation Is Scarier Than Climate Change. He’s Failing at Both.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump set off a furor when he told Axios reporter Jonathan Swan that during a recent call with Vladimir Putin, he hadn’t bothered to mention US intelligence suggesting…
How a Decade of Neglect and Politics Undermined the CDC’s Fight Against Climate Change.
A student pauses in the misters in Orange, CA.Kevin Sullivan/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and Columbia Journalism Investigations and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Charlie Rhodes lived alone on a tree-sparse street…