Why do we need Menhaden fish in Manhattan waters?
One of the most important species in the ocean's food chain is in danger of being overfished. Tonight, we take a look at how New Yorkers are fighting to protect menhaden fish.
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Sea level rise has New Jersey residents relocating out of flood zones
Sea levels will rise between one and four feet by the end of the century. In New Jersey, close to 700,000 people live in a flood zone.
13 Climate Stories from 2018 That You Should Know
This was a record-breaking, report-releasing, fire-burning, water-rising year. To explain the past year in the context of climate, our partners at Hot Mess tell us 13 climate stories that can help us prepare for what 2019 has to bring in…
COP24: Through the eyes of an Observer
By: Elena Crete, Climate & Energy Manager, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Climate change is one of the world’s most complicated challenges, and nations are scrambling to organize around a common goal while maintaining their own interests. In 2015, the Paris…
New Jersey Rep. Pallone wants to bring bipartisan support to climate change
Pallone hopes one of the first orders of business in Congress will be a federal infrastructure bill. He says that can be the bipartisan vehicle for addressing a lot of the issues that may arise due to climate change.
How students use oysters to save shorelines and “Take Back the Harbor”
Oysters on a half shell are saving New York’s eroding harbor. A new film takes us inside an unprecedented program that’s turning the tide on decades of neglect and restoring the health of the city’s waterways.
Op-ed: Trump’s Climate Report Makes Clear that Environmental Injustice Exists
By Dr. Robert D. Bullard I have spent my career fighting to show how environmental impacts adversely impact marginalized communities. How it uniquely hurts those who are already vulnerable, who feel the invisible hand of systemic racism and structural…
Why activists are embracing civil disobedience
Climate change activists are increasingly engaging in civil disobedience. In response, elected officials with ties to fossil fuel companies are trying to make it harder to protest.
How To Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Sky
Carbon dioxide gets a lot of grief these days. It’s the main cause of the global warming that’s already damaging coral reefs, ice caps, and coastlines. But for eons, life survived on Earth because natural processes kept CO2 levels within…
CLIMATE UPDATE: What the Paris riots, droughts and “green taxes” have to do with wealth inequality
The way we've been going about "green taxes" has been hurting the communities that need climate reform the most. In the last CLIMATE UPDATE, we talked about how the costs of climate change disproportionately affect those of lower socioeconomic backgrounds.…
How will Brexit affect ocean energy advances?
As Scotland moves ahead with bringing tidal energy from an emerging technology to a commercial reality, Brexit could shake up the ocean power industry. To end a two-part series on advances in this field, Hari Sreenivasan heads to an ocean…
Scotland sees renewable energy; jobs through tidal currents
As Scotland transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy, it is investing in an unexpected source: tidal currents. Similar to wind turbines, which sit above ground, tidal turbines are one hundred feet below water and use tides instead of wind…