May 13
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Here’s something you don’t hear every day: there’s good news out of Florida. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed…
Molly Taft
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Writing about climate change, renewable energy, and Big Oil/Big Gas/Big Everything for Earther. Formerly of the Center for Public Integrity & Nexus Media News. I'm very tall & have a very short dog.
May 13
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A refinery on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands has shut down temporarily after oil rained down on…
May 12
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“Climate champion” and producing more than 10 million barrels of tar sands oil a year are not exactly synonymous in…
May 12
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Seizing the profits of a major oil company, making Canadians angry, tugboats causing havoc: It’s all happening in…
May 11
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The fossil fuel industry has dug its claws in deep into the American education system. So, too, have utilities.
May 11
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It’s been four days since the Colonial pipeline, a major gasoline artery in the U.S., shut down following a…
May 10
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In an attempt to stave off a potential gasoline shortage and price spike on the East Coast, the Biden administration…
May 7
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In Minnesota, a fight is playing out over electric vehicles. It got so heated this week that Republican lawmakers…
May 6
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In some parts of California, the fires from last year never stopped. The National Park Service said this week it…
May 6
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Unhealthy air pollution generally brings to mind coal-fired plants spewing black soot from a smokestack. But that…
May 5
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If we keep on the path we’re on, Antarctica might be really, truly toast. A new study shows that the continent might…
May 4
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At the end of April, the Twitter account for Eversource, the biggest utility in New England, posted an upbeat video…
May 4
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Tucker Carlson has used his platform to, among other things, undermine climate science and lie about renewable…
May 3
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It looks like wildfires in Siberia are starting up again—and some fires that never went out after last summer are…
Apr 30
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In a crucial ruling, a high court in Germany has agreed with young activists that the country’s climate law is…
Apr 30
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Look out world—the ice sheet is coming. New research says that the total collapse of a crucial ice sheet in…
Apr 29
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As businesses in California race to tamp down their emissions by buying carbon offsets, some serious math errors in…
Apr 29
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A fire that raged outside of San Francisco last summer was allegedly set to cover up a murder—and became part of the …
Apr 28
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Imagine a perfect burger: juicy, grilled to perfection … and, somehow devoid of the guilt of methane emissions…
Apr 21
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There is way too much plastic in the world—and we’re making more every day, even as we struggle to find a way to get…