Climate Change

Scientists Urge the World to Plan for Peak Meat

Abandoning meat isn’t easy. Believe me: I ate a beefy-ass bolognese for lunch yesterday and later munched on some chicken wings. Unfortunately, the meat industry is a growing source of carbon pollution, and continuing to let meat consumption grow could eat up a huge chunk of the world’s carbon budget by 2030. So, well, we…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 13

Sunrise Movement Is Planning a 2020 Reckoning for Democrats Over the Green New Deal

Young climate activists with the Sunrise Movement broke into the national spotlight last year by occupying members of Congress’ offices demanding a Green New Deal. Now, they’re rolling out their strategy to change who’s in the House in the first place. Sunrise announced four Congressional primary endorsements on Thursday. All the candidates they’ve endorsed have committed…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 12

Can New York Plug All Its Subway Holes Before the Next Storm Hits?

New York City commuters have gotten used to bizarre delays. Falling tree limbs and trains that were invisible to controllers until a computer was rebooted are among the issues that have slowed down commutes. But visitors to Williamsburg’s Broadway station were recently met with an obstacle they couldn’t get around: a Kevlar cover over the…

Climate Change Neil deMause Dec 12

Just 88 Companies Are Responsible for Ruining the Oceans

Climate change is taking a toll on the ocean, and people are racing to save the seas. But a new study shows exactly who’s to blame for their crash. And no, it’s not consumers. It’s major fossil fuel producers: BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 11

The EU Just Rolled Out A New Green Deal

There’s a new Green Deal in town that aims to decarbonise the economy. Yes, that’s decarbonise with an ‘s.’ Because this Green Deal is the EU’s. The European Commission rolled out the Green Deal—not to be confused with the Green New Deal—which is billed a “new growth strategy for our economy, people, and planet,” on Wednesday.…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 11

The Arctic Is Undergoing Changes Scientists ‘Never Expected Would Happen This Soon’

Surprise, surprise: The Arctic didn’t do too well this past year. You can thank global warming for that. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Arctic Report Card Tuesday, and the findings show a region in the midst of a rapid transformation. Wildlife populations are decreasing, sea ice is melting, and the Arctic…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 10

Exxon Escapes

After a bit more than a year of legal wrangling, a landmark lawsuit against ExxonMobil has ended with the oil giant emerging unscathed. New York Supreme Court Judge Barry Ostrager ruled that the company didn’t engage in fraudulent behavior to mislead shareholders about how it accounted for climate change. It’s the second high-profile case against…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Dec 10

Sydney Is Choking on the Most Toxic Air on Earth

Australia has been on fire for more than a month, but the flames are hardly the only impact. Smoke from Australia’s bush fires engulfed Sydney in a smoke on Tuesday, creating the most toxic air on the planet. Scientists measure air quality using an index that measures major pollutants and uses them to rate how…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 10

Elizabeth Warren Proposes a Green New Deal for the Ocean

Senator Elizabeth Warren envisions a future where our cars don’t run on gas but on the algae growing in our seas. That’s according to her “Blue New Deal” proposal out Tuesday that’s essentially a Green New Deal for the oceans. And what goes in our cars is only one quick example of the ways she…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 10

Climate Change Threatens Water Resources for Nearly 2 Billion People

Around the world, billions of people rely on water from snow and glaciers. However, rising temperatures and political turmoil could mean rapidly diminishing water resources for these vulnerable regions—most notably being high mountain Asia according to new findings released at the American Geophysical Union. The study, also published in Nature on Monday, refers to these valuable…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 9

Turns Out a Wild Geoengineering Plan to Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn’t the Best Idea

As the world spins closer to climate catastrophe, fringe ideas are inching toward the mainstream. Geoengineering is among the topics that were once verboten but are now finding traction. And that includes some pretty out-there ideas, including ones focused on saving polar ice by pumping massive amounts of seawater onto the surface of ice, where…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Dec 6

Australia’s Terrifying Bushfires Are Turning New Zealand Glaciers Pink

For weeks now, Australia has been dealing with severe bushfires. They’ve engulfed the country’s largest city in smoke, threatening air quality throughout New South Wales and destroying key koala habitat. In New South Wales alone, more than 100 bush and grassfires were burning as of Friday. Nearly 4 million acres have burned across the country…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 6

Most States Have Cut Environmental Agencies’ Budgets at the Worst Possible Time

In the past decade, Congress and the White House cut the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) funding for science and pollution regulation by 16 percent (if you adjust for inflation) and cut 2,699 positions. Those cuts were fueled by the idea that environmental protection should be states’ responsibility, not the federal government’s. The Trump administration…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 5

BP Just Got Its Ass Sued For False Advertising

Lawyers with the environmental legal nonprofit ClientEarth filed a groundbreaking complaint against BP for greenwashing in their ads. They’re also calling for a ban on all fossil fuel ads, unless they come with “a tobacco-style health warning” about the dangers the industry poses to the planet. And they’re not asking for vague warnings about how…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 5

Global Carbon Emissions Are Headed For a New High in 2019

Natural gas, which fossil fuel companies market as a clean bridge fuel to renewables, is the fastest growing energy source. Renewable energy is on the rise, too, and the U.S. and Europe are using less coal. But according to new research, the world’s carbon emissions will still reach an all time high this year. The…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 4

Climate Models Have Been Right For Decades

Scientists have for decades created accurate models to predict the future impacts of global warming, a new study has found. Published in Geophysical Research Letters on Wednesday, the research examines 15 climate models used between 1970 and 2007 to predict how warm the Earth was going to become. Now that the world has lived through…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Dec 4

Poor Countries Are Hit Worst by Extreme Weather, but No One Is Safe

If you asked me to guess the top three countries impacted by the climate crisis, I’d probably choose three countries in the Global South. I might guess the Philippines because it’s seen such bad typhoons in recent years. Maybe I’d say Uganda because it’s had such awful drought seasons, or Yemen because its water shortages…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 4

Cracks in Greenland’s Ice Sheet May Be Making It Even More Unstable

Greenland’s melting ice sheet is the world’s single biggest contributor to sea level rise. In a new study, scientists used drones to show how water flows through cracks in the ice, which creates dramatic waterfalls—and could be making it more unstable. The report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, was…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 3

Don’t Say Nobody Warned Us

The second decade of the 21st century is one marked by scientific breakthroughs and a questionable number of movie reboots. But it will also be remembered as a decade of climate breakdown. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its annual compendium on the state of the climate, taking a 10-year view of things. And it’s…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Dec 3

Spain’s Biggest Polluter is Sponsoring the Latest UN Climate Talks

Endesa is the largest electric utility provider in Spain and the country’s biggest corporate greenhouse gas polluter, emitting some 60 million tons of carbon each year. It’s also a sponsor of the United Nations’ international climate conference (known as COP25) that began in Spain on Monday. The company paid $2.2 million to be a diamond…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Dec 2

Scientists Urge the World to Plan for Peak Meat

Sunrise Movement Is Planning a 2020 Reckoning for Democrats Over the Green New Deal

Can New York Plug All Its Subway Holes Before the Next Storm Hits?

Just 88 Companies Are Responsible for Ruining the Oceans

The EU Just Rolled Out A New Green Deal

The Arctic Is Undergoing Changes Scientists ‘Never Expected Would Happen This Soon’

Exxon Escapes

Sydney Is Choking on the Most Toxic Air on Earth

Elizabeth Warren Proposes a Green New Deal for the Ocean

Climate Change Threatens Water Resources for Nearly 2 Billion People

Turns Out a Wild Geoengineering Plan to Refreeze Arctic Sea Ice Isn’t the Best Idea

Australia’s Terrifying Bushfires Are Turning New Zealand Glaciers Pink

Most States Have Cut Environmental Agencies’ Budgets at the Worst Possible Time

BP Just Got Its Ass Sued For False Advertising

Global Carbon Emissions Are Headed For a New High in 2019

Climate Models Have Been Right For Decades

Poor Countries Are Hit Worst by Extreme Weather, but No One Is Safe

Cracks in Greenland’s Ice Sheet May Be Making It Even More Unstable

Don’t Say Nobody Warned Us

Spain’s Biggest Polluter is Sponsoring the Latest UN Climate Talks

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

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