Op-ed: Coastal Republicans Align With Democrats on Offshore Drilling
Today, more Americans oppose offshore drilling than support it, particularly those living near the coast. Republicans are divided on the question.
Original Feature
The Killer Argument for a Profoundly Dangerous Climate Fix
BY: Jeremy Deaton The UN Environment Assembly recently considered a proposal to research solar geoengineering, as it’s known, an outlandish scheme to cool the Earth by blanketing the heavens with aerosols — chemicals that would reflect a small measure of sunlight back into…
Puerto Rico still needs help. These people picked up the cost.
The Puerto Rican diaspora went to incredible lengths to help the island after Hurricane Maria. They don’t know why Trump won’t do the same.
A new generation of ocean farmers are reducing pollution with seaweed
Growing more seaweed could clean up an estimated 135 million tons of carbon and 10 million tons of nitrogen, according to a report from the World Bank.
This year’s graduating seniors are handing the mic to climate change
Some college graduates are using one oftheir proudest moments as a platform for climate change.
Climate change has contributed to droughts for longer than we thought
Scientists say they have detected the fingerprint of human-driven global warming on patterns of drought and moisture across the world as far back as 1900.
Why Is Climate Change Costing the Air Force Billions?
Extreme weather hitting various military bases is incurring expensive repair costs, forcing the Air Force to curtail operations.
Youth Lobby Climate Day is taking place across the country
Young people will congregate in statehouses across the country for Youth Lobby Climate Day to persuade lawmakers to address climate change.
Op-ed: The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, how we see climate change then and now
BY: Sarah Sax Shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez — an oil tanker carrying 53 million gallons of North Slope crude oil — hit a reef in the Gulf of Alaska, ripping half a dozen holes in the hull of the ship. More…
Why the Atlantic Ocean’s ‘conveyor belt’ is key to global climate
This circulation pattern is an important player in the global climate, regulating weather patterns in the Arctic, Europe, and around the world.
“They failed us, so we’re stepping up”: A conversation with the nation’s youth climate activists
It's impossible to talk about climate action without discussing the young people who have taken the lead on the climate change fight.
Six Bangladeshi Women on the Front Lines of Climate Change
We already know that climate change affects women disproportionately, but it is especially dramatic in Bangladesh. Caught between erratic rainfall and rising sea levels, women are struggling to guard their lives and livelihoods. During an especially severe tropical cyclone in 1991,…