Climate Desk
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2017 is officially one of the hottest years on record, surprising no one
NASA found that only 2016 was warmer.
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The Interior axed climate change policies right before Christmas
Merry Christmas, fossil fuel industry.
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Ready or not, winter ‘bomb cyclone’ heads for East Coast
The monster storm could reach as far south as Georgia and Florida.
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In 2017, climate change vanished from a ridiculous number of government websites
Critics say that some of the changes are outright censorship.
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Fracking harms the health of babies, study shows
For mothers who lived close to a fracking site, the probability of having a baby with low infant birthweight went up 25 percent.
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Republicans are using some very shaky math to justify drilling in the Arctic refuge
The Congressional Budget Office said drilling would raise $1.1 billion for the government over the next decade, but it's going to be less than a fifth of that.
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2 national monuments in Utah are about to lose most of their land
“Trump has no clue how much people love these sacred and irreplaceable landscapes, but he’s about to find out.”
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Washington state gets another shot at the nation’s first carbon tax
“2018 is the year we’re going to push for something big in Washington.”
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Geoengineering’s unintended consequences: Hurricanes and food shortages
“There's a lot we don't know and a lot of differences in models.”