Climate Change

A Billionaire Who Funds Climate Denial Is No Longer on American Museum of Natural History Board

Billionaire Rebekah Mercer, who with her father Robert Mercer has poured millions of dollars into climate-denying organizations, candidates, and media, is off the board of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). The New York museum has not publicly said why Mercer no longer has a board seat. In an email to Earther, the AMNH…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 25

Oregon Republicans Are On the Run Again Over Climate Bill Vote

For the second time in less than a year, Republicans have fled the Oregon Statehouse rather than fulfill their duty as elected officials. It’s all because they don’t have the votes to block cap and trade legislation, a formerly orthodox Republican, market-based solution to address climate change. If you think Republicans are ever going to…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 25

Study Shows Big Oil Rewards Members of Congress With Cash After Anti-Environment Votes

It’s no secret that the oil and gas industry is in the pockets of our elected officials. I mean, a climate denier doesn’t sit in the White House by accident, right? A new study, however, confirms just how powerful contributions from the oil and gas sector can be. Published in the Proceedings of the National…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Feb 24

Here’s the Pro-Bernie Climate Scientist Op-Ed the Washington Post Wouldn’t Run

On Sunday, the Washington Post published an opinion piece by Fred Hiatt, the opinion page’s editor, entitled “How Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Reject the Reality of Climate Change.” This false equivalence is, to put it bluntly, absolutely one of the most idiotic things I have ever seen. Hiatt’s piece inexplicably attacks the climate…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 24

The Climate Crisis Is Causing ‘Dramatic’ Changes in the Pacific Arctic

Nowhere is safe from the climate crisis, but some regions are suffering more than others. The Pacific edge of the Arctic Ocean is one of those regions, and it’s changing in big, scary ways. The region has gotten warmer and lost ice over the past century, but in a paper published in Nature Climate Change…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 24

Climate Deniers Are Out of Ideas

Folks, the Washington Post had itself a Sunday night. The paper inexplicably published a puff piece on the “anti-Greta,” a German teen peddling soft climate denial who’s being supported by a group of old white guys at the Heartland Institute. It took two reporters to do one of the most egregious pieces of both sides…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 24

We Need To Change Every Part of Our Food System to Fight the Climate Crisis

If the world’s population grows to 10 billion by 2050 as projected, the world will need to produce 70 percent more food. Without major changes to the food system, that would result in a catastrophic increase in greenhouse gas pollution due to increases in agriculture and deforestation. New research shows that there’s a lot we…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 22

A Quarter of All Climate Tweets Come From Bots—and They’re More Likely to Peddle Denial

The bots are taking over, man. Researchers have found that bots are largely fueling climate denial propaganda on Twitter. In a draft research paper, scientists at Brown University found that a quarter of all tweets about climate change come from bots on an average day. That’s especially the case when it comes to climate denial.…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Feb 21

World’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Funder Notes Climate Change Could End ‘Human Life as We Know it’

The finance industry is issuing some of the direst warnings about climate change while funding the industry most responsible for it. Today’s example: JP Morgan. The bank is the single biggest funder of fossil fuels in the world. But its economists wrote an internal report leaked to Extinction Rebellion on Friday stating that they “cannot…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 21

Coconut Oil Could Be the Next Disastrous Biofuel

In the Philippines, the coconut tree is called the tree of life due to its many uses and central role in the country’s economy. In Luzon, the most populated island in the country, coconut farms flush with green coconuts can be found on the coast, on top of hills, and in valleys alongside creeks and…

Climate Change Nithin Coca Feb 21

Floods Have Devastated Mississippi, and More Rain Is on the Way

This week, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi crested at 36.67 feet, the river’s third highest crest on record. The deluge devastated the area, flooding the streets and thousands of homes. Entire neighborhoods went underwater, and residents canoed down avenues. Rainfall soared 400 percent above normal levels for the month so far, driving the flood.…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 20

Please, For the Love of All Things Holy, Stop Pretending Natural Gas Is a ‘Transition Fuel’

Look, the story of Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate is the very public evisceration of former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg. But hey, some other stuff happened, too! Even some climate stuff, including letting Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Bloomberg’s mutilated corpse perpetuate one of the biggest myths in climate politics. The climate portion of the debate…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 20

Let’s Not Rely on Billionaires to Fund Climate Action

This week, the richest man in the world announced that he will give $10 billion dollars to the fight to stop the climate crisis. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced his new fund in an Instagram post on Sunday. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,” Bezos wrote. “I want to work alongside others…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 20

UN Warns Kids Face ‘Ecological and Existential Threats’ in Every Country on Earth

All over the world, kids are saying world leaders’ weak climate policies are putting their futures at risk. They’re right, new research shows. Not a single country is doing enough to protect kids from the climate crisis and the degradation of ecosystems, along with war, inequality and predatory marketing practices, according to a report published…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 19

Many Plastics Aren’t Actually Recyclable, a New Report Shows

Companies say that a lot of single-use plastic items are recyclable: cups, trays, lids, cutlery, straws, stirrers. But it turns out those claims are misleading. American recycling facilities can only recycle a handful of the types of plastic being sent their way. That means many plastic products that Americans are tossing into recycling bins aren’t…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 19

How Climate Change Could Bring About the Next Great Recession

Our weather is becoming more extreme, litigation is targeting fossil fuel companies—and our whole economic system is at risk of imploding if the energy sector doesn’t prepare for climate change, financial experts warn. In a series of commentaries published in Nature Energy on Monday, experts shared their concern for what extreme heat, stronger hurricanes, and…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Feb 19

The Jeff Bezos Climate Superpower That’s Bigger Than $10 Billion

The richest guy on Earth has decided maybe spending a few bucks to save the planet isn’t such a bad idea. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, decided to kick Earth $10 billion to stave off catastrophic climate change. And you know what, that’s fine. I remain deeply skeptical of billionaires and their motives for philanthropy, but…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 19

How Coronavirus and Climate Change Show the Limits of Globalization

Over the past few decades, the world has become connected in unprecedented ways. And in 2020, we’re living with those impacts in full force. The most in-your-face example is COVID-19, which has spread with alarming speed to 26 countries, killed nearly 1,800, and led to widespread quarantines as health authorities struggle to contain the outbreak.…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Feb 18

The Dangerous Seduction of a Trillion Trees

The arc of Republican climate politics has gone from supporting market solutions like cap and trade to outright denial over the years. The fetid nature of conservative climate politics has done wonders for short-term political gain and obscenely enriched a small cadre of fossil fuel executives and lobbyists. But it now leaves Republicans boxed into…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Feb 15

New York Fashion Week Isn’t Sustainable, But Neither Is The Fashion Industry

Fashion Week in over in New York, and it’s clear there’s a big trend afoot: sustainability. Designers showcased collections made with recycled fishing nets, models walked the runway with reusable water bottles, and one show was inspired by rising seas. A first-ever report also delved into how much the industry emits each year for travel…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Feb 14

A Billionaire Who Funds Climate Denial Is No Longer on American Museum of Natural History Board

Oregon Republicans Are On the Run Again Over Climate Bill Vote

Study Shows Big Oil Rewards Members of Congress With Cash After Anti-Environment Votes

Here’s the Pro-Bernie Climate Scientist Op-Ed the Washington Post Wouldn’t Run

The Climate Crisis Is Causing ‘Dramatic’ Changes in the Pacific Arctic

Climate Deniers Are Out of Ideas

We Need To Change Every Part of Our Food System to Fight the Climate Crisis

A Quarter of All Climate Tweets Come From Bots—and They’re More Likely to Peddle Denial

World’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Funder Notes Climate Change Could End ‘Human Life as We Know it’

Coconut Oil Could Be the Next Disastrous Biofuel

Floods Have Devastated Mississippi, and More Rain Is on the Way

Please, For the Love of All Things Holy, Stop Pretending Natural Gas Is a ‘Transition Fuel’

Let’s Not Rely on Billionaires to Fund Climate Action

UN Warns Kids Face ‘Ecological and Existential Threats’ in Every Country on Earth

Many Plastics Aren’t Actually Recyclable, a New Report Shows

How Climate Change Could Bring About the Next Great Recession

The Jeff Bezos Climate Superpower That’s Bigger Than $10 Billion

How Coronavirus and Climate Change Show the Limits of Globalization

The Dangerous Seduction of a Trillion Trees

New York Fashion Week Isn’t Sustainable, But Neither Is The Fashion Industry

First Statewide Data Center Ban Passed by Maine Legislature

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban for Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Trump’s Fed Pick Is Knee Deep in Tech and Crypto Investments

The First Trailer for ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Takes Terror Stateside

The Trump Phone Still Looks Like Total Trash

‘Masters of the Universe’ Really, Really Wants to Be the Next ‘Barbie’

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

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