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Typhoon Hagibis Is Japan’s Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Disaster

Typhoon Hagibis may now be a swirl of clouds near Alaska, but its impacts on Japan are still playing out. The country was walloped by the storm over the weekend, with some areas receiving 40 percent of their annual rain in the span of a few days. Floodwaters have left at least 55 dead, and…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Oct 14

‘We Are Nations:’ What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous People

Climate reporting often overlooks indigenous peoples’ position on the front lines of the climate crisis. Though environmental justice is a term now featured frequently in environmental news, this hasn’t always translated into an acknowledgement of the climate crisis’ disproportionate impacts on indigenous communities, or a recognition of decades spent fighting against the expansion of fossil…

Environmental Justice Adam Boffa Oct 14

Advisory Board Members Axed by Trump’s EPA Are Preparing Their Own Pollution Report

Twenty experts who formerly served on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASC)—and who were canned as part of the Donald Trump administration’s plan to stock its panels with industry shills—met this week to continue their work independently, NBC News reported. The EPA is required to review particulate pollution standards every five…

Climate Change Tom McKay Oct 12

Google Is Funding Climate Change Denialism

Despite all its evidently performative public-facing climate change initiatives, Google is forking over “substantial” contributions to denier organizations and events. A report from the Guardian published Friday revealed that the tech company is contributing to more than a dozen organizations that have questioned the need for action or pushed back against climate regulations and legislation.…

Climate Change Catie Keck Oct 11

Greta Thunberg Didn’t Win the Nobel Peace Prize. Good.

On Friday, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. He won for helping de-escalating long-simmering tensions with neighboring Eritrea. He was one of a few expected finalists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg who was nominated by Norwegian lawmakers earlier this year. That Thunberg didn’t win for her tireless activism…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 11

California Wildfire Season Is Here as the Saddleridge Fire Explodes Near Los Angeles

In a community outside Los Angeles, more than 12,000 people are facing mandatory evacuation as a wildfire rages out of control. The Saddleridge Fire has burned some 4,600 acres, and so far officials haven’t been able to contain it. The fire broke out Thursday night, and authorities have shut down parts of Route 210, a…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes Oct 11

‘I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery

Mario used to work. A lot. Twelve-hour workdays and seven-day workweeks are kind of the expectation when your job is to rebuild after a storm—and you’re undocumented. He hasn’t worked in about a year, though. When Hurricane Michael roared through Florida last October, the 47-year-old left his New Orleans home knowing there would be plenty…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Oct 11

A Record-Setting Blizzard Is Set to Blast the Midwest

The Midwest is skipping fall and heading right to winter to end the week. A potentially record-setting blizzard is bearing down on the region and could dump snow from Colorado to Minnesota. The Dakotas sit near the epicenter of the storm and could see up to three feet of October snow (yes, you read that…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Oct 10

Report Finds Nearly Two-Thirds of America’s Birds Vulnerable to Extinction From Climate Change

A new report has found that nearly two-thirds of America’s breeding bird species were moderately to highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Earth is warming, storms are getting stronger, native habitats are disappearing, and it’s mostly the work of humans. We already know that the country has lost nearly 30 percent of its…

Climate Change Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 10

Think California’s Preemptive Blackouts Are Scary? Buckle Up

At midnight on Wednesday, California’s largest utility begun cutting off power to customers across the northern part of the state. The rolling blackout came with just a day’s warning as intense fire weather is expected to whip up across the region. The gusty winds have caused power lines to snap and, on the back of…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Oct 9

Americans Are Already Moving Away From the Rising Water’s Edge

The U.S. is slowly being gripped by a flooding crisis as seas rise and waterways overflow with ever more alarming frequency. An idea at the forefront for how to help Americans cope is so-called managed retreat, a process of moving away from affected areas and letting former neighborhoods return to nature. It’s an idea increasingly…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 9

Bow Down to Holly, Your Fat Bear Week Champion of 2019

All hail Holly, winner of Fat Bear Week 2019 as well as our hearts. After a week of head-to-head competition, finalists 775 Lefty faced off against 435 Holly in a battle to be named the fattest and fullest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. And reader, the people have spoken. The park announced…

Conservation Catie Keck Oct 9

California’s Largest Utility to Shut Off Power to 800,000 Customers Due to Wildfire Risk

Power shutoffs are slated to hit customers in 34 of California’s 58 counties between Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon due to high risk of wildfires, with utility company Pacific Gas and Electricity (PG&E) saying it expected nearly 800,000 customers to be affected. In what PG&E referred to as a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), customers…

Climate Change Tom McKay Oct 8

The War on Drugs Is a War on the Climate

The U.S. War on Drugs has a troubled history riddled with racism, propaganda, and failure as the country remains one of the top markets for illegal drugs. The U.S. crackdown on drugs is, unfortunately, also driving deforestation throughout Central America according to new research. As cocaine traffickers try to avoid detection, they venture further into…

Earther Yessenia Funes Oct 8

Trump’s Border Wall Could Destroy an Icon of the American Southwest

From Tucson to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, it’s 126 miles of largely open road. There’s just one area where traffic is likely to slow down, right after the barely-there town of Why and just before you hit the park. There, a white canopy extends over the road with Border Patrol agents clustered underneath, away…

Conservation Brian Kahn Oct 8

Photo: Courtesy of Lakota People’s Law Project

Greta Thunberg Heads to Standing Rock to Support Indigenous Activists

For indigenous environmental activist Tokata Iron Eyes, climate solutions are all about indigenous rights and culture. When Iron Eyes met Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg a couple of weeks ago and realized Thunberg felt the same way, she invited Thunberg to her ancestral homelands. The two 16-year-olds forged a friendship—not much different, I imagine, from…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Oct 8

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York as Part of Global Week of Protests

The climate strike movement has left the world on a new plateau of awareness about the climate crisis and the urgency to act on it. Now, it’s time to explore what this landscape looks like and ensure that the climate movement doesn’t go tumbling back down from its new perch on high. It’s against this…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Oct 7

Hurricane Dorian Spilled More Than a Million Gallons of Oil in the Bahamas

Nearly 1.5 million gallons of oil have spilled since Hurricane Dorian destroyed an oil storage facility on Grand Bahama Island last month. The worst part? Equinor, the company that owns the oil facility, still isn’t done cleaning up the mess, which means the final total will be higher than it is right now. Erik Haaland,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Oct 7

Report: University of Iowa Faculty Told Not to Promote Greta Thunberg Visit on School Social Media

University of Iowa officials have told faculty at the school that they should not promote 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s surprise appearance at a Friday climate strike in Iowa City on its social media channels, according to a report in the Gazette. UI civil and environmental engineering professor Michelle Scherer, who is also the…

Climate Change Tom McKay Oct 5

‘Outrage’: New Video Shows Bulldozers Destroying America’s Most Iconic Cacti to Build Trump’s Border Wall

The Trump administration has run roughshod over environmental laws in a rush to build an unnecessary border wall. And in footage that emerged on Friday, construction efforts are just running roughshod over the environment, period. One of the first stretches of the Trumpified wall is going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (yes, they…

Conservation Brian Kahn Oct 4

Typhoon Hagibis Is Japan’s Latest Multi-Billion-Dollar Disaster

‘We Are Nations:’ What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous People

Advisory Board Members Axed by Trump’s EPA Are Preparing Their Own Pollution Report

Google Is Funding Climate Change Denialism

Greta Thunberg Didn’t Win the Nobel Peace Prize. Good.

California Wildfire Season Is Here as the Saddleridge Fire Explodes Near Los Angeles

‘I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery

A Record-Setting Blizzard Is Set to Blast the Midwest

Report Finds Nearly Two-Thirds of America’s Birds Vulnerable to Extinction From Climate Change

Think California’s Preemptive Blackouts Are Scary? Buckle Up

Americans Are Already Moving Away From the Rising Water’s Edge

Bow Down to Holly, Your Fat Bear Week Champion of 2019

California’s Largest Utility to Shut Off Power to 800,000 Customers Due to Wildfire Risk

The War on Drugs Is a War on the Climate

Trump’s Border Wall Could Destroy an Icon of the American Southwest

Greta Thunberg Heads to Standing Rock to Support Indigenous Activists

‘We’re Here’: Extinction Rebellion Bloodies New York as Part of Global Week of Protests

Hurricane Dorian Spilled More Than a Million Gallons of Oil in the Bahamas

Report: University of Iowa Faculty Told Not to Promote Greta Thunberg Visit on School Social Media

‘Outrage’: New Video Shows Bulldozers Destroying America’s Most Iconic Cacti to Build Trump’s Border Wall

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

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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