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12/31/20

The Year In Climate…

The Year In Climate

By Claire O’Neill and Nadja Popovich 12/17/20

2020 was a crisis year: a pandemic, economic turmoil, social upheaval. And running through it all, climate change. Here’s some of the best reporting from The Times’s Climate Desk.

The New York Times

What’s on the Horizon for the Climate Desk

By Mark Shimabukuro 12/30/20

After a year when climate-related disasters seemed to become the norm, the team will be monitoring a 2021 that is pivotal for the world. Times…

HUFFPOST.COM

6 Things That Happened To The Environment In 2020 That Were Actually Good

By Amanda Schupak 12/28/20

Tempting as it may be to call 2020 a dumpster fire (and many, many have), there’s really no need to resort to cliche in a…

Forbes

The Top Energy Stories Of 2020

by Robert Rapier 12/27/20

Some years there is an energy story so big that there’s no question it belongs at the top of the list. The Deepwater Horizon oil…

Pew Charitable Trusts

Top 10 Nature Images of 2020: Wildflowers, Coastal Scenes, and Ancient Treasures

By Tom Dillon 12/23/20

Among the many indelible themes to emerge from 2020 is how much we as humans rely on healthy natural ecosystems for our well-being—and how much…

The Atlantic

By Robinson Meyer 12/23/20

It’s been an enormous month and a half for climate-change news in the United States. First, and most obvious, Joe Biden won the presidential election…

VOLTS

Congress might pass a huge energy bill, and it’s actually pretty great

By David Roberts 12/23/20

On Monday, Congress passed an enormous $900 billion coronavirus relief bill attached to an enormous $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill, adding up to a super-enormous…

The National Geographic

7 wins that gave us hope for the environment in 2020

By Sarah Gibbens 12/07/20

From commitments to produce more electric vehicles to new marine protections, these trends may be a sign of good things to come.

12/30/20

5 Environmental Stories That Could Dominate In 2021…

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Huffington Post

5 Environmental Stories That Could Dominate In 2021

By Laura Paddison 12/30/20

As the climate crisis worsens, the coronavirus pandemic rages, and Joe Biden prepares to take office, a look at big environmental stories that could define the next year.

BBC

Why 2021 could be turning point for tackling climate change

By Justin Rowlatt 01/01/21

Countries only have only a limited time in which to act if the world is to stave off the worst effects of climate change. Here…

Time

2020 Was a Year of Climate Extremes. What Can We Expect in 2021?

By Ciara Nugent 12/31/20

It’s impossible to know if 2021 will be as record-breaking as 2020, but it’s highly likely that more extremes are on the way.

The Guardian

Amid 2020’s gloom, there are reasons to be hopeful about the climate in 2021

By John Sauven 12/31/20

The concerted global response to the pandemic could be replicated for the fight against the climate crisis

The New York Times

Looking ahead to 2021

By Mark Shimabukuro 12/30/20

What to expect from 2021? I asked Hannah Fairfield, the Times climate editor, for her thoughts.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

New Year’s resolution? Slim your carbon footprint by a tonne in 2021

By Umberto Bacchi 12/29/20

Climate campaign urges people to take action to reduce their emissions next year, using an online tool to track progress against Paris Agreement goals to…

EcoWatch

2021 Global Climate Forecast: Slightly Less Hot Than 2020

By Carly Nairn 12/21/20

2021 is forecasted to be slightly colder worldwide than years previous, according to meteorologists at the United Kingdom Meteorological Office, but will still be one the hottest…

The National Law Review

Looking Ahead to 2021 – Implications of a Change in Administration on Environmental Policy

By Karen A. Winters, Allen A. Kacenjar Jr., Carolyn L. McIntosh, Kendra S. Sherman 12/07/20

The tumultuous presidential election is working its way to a close and, while the vote counting and litigation continue, we evaluate below the implications of…

11/23/20

Biden names John Kerry as ‘climate czar’ in new administration…

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The Hill

Biden names John Kerry as ‘climate czar’ in new administration

11/23/20

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named former Secretary of State John Kerry as special envoy to lead his administration’s efforts to fight climate change...

BBC

Biden cabinet: John Kerry named climate envoy as inner circle get key posts

11/24/20

Ex-US Secretary of State John Kerry was one of several named for top positions by the Biden transition team on Monday. It marks a big…

AP News

Biden names climate statesman John Kerry as climate envoy

By Ellen Knickmeyer 11/24/20

John Kerry, one of the leading architects of the Paris climate agreement, is getting one more chance to lead the fight against climate change after…

The New York Times

With John Kerry Pick, Biden Selects a ‘Climate Envoy’ With Stature

By Lisa Friedman 11/23/20

Mr. Biden said he would name Mr. Kerry to a cabinet-level climate post, a role laden with political and diplomatic challenges in the post-Trump era.

The Guardian

John Kerry named as Joe Biden’s special climate envoy

By Oliver Milman 11/23/20

John Kerry, the former US secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee, has been named as a special envoy on the climate crisis under Joe…

The Washington Post

Biden names John Kerry as presidential climate envoy

By Brady Dennis, Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin 11/23/20

John F. Kerry, a former secretary of state, senator and Democratic presidential nominee, will lead the country’s reentry into global climate politics in a new…

11/04/20

U.S. quits the Paris Climate Agreement…

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The New York Times

U.S. Quits Paris Climate Agreement: Questions and Answers

By Lisa Friedman 11/04/20

President Trump’s withdrawal formally came into force the day after Election Day in the United States. Here’s what it means. Au revoir, Paris Agreement. As of Wednesday, under United Nations rules, the United States is…

VOX

The US just left the Paris climate agreement

By Umair Irfan 11/04/20

The United States left the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday, making the US the only country in the world to back out of the accord.…

HuffPost

U.S. Formally Exits Paris Climate Accord Amid Election Uncertainty

11/04/20

The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas…

Scientific American

U.S. Exits Paris Climate Accord after Trump Stalls Global Warming Action for Four Years

By Jim Daley 11/04/20

The U.S.’s exit from the historic 2015 Paris climate agreement takes effect today, capping four years of President Donald Trump aggressively rolling back the Obama…

The New Yorker

The Election Outcome Will Make Sweeping Climate Action Harder

By Bill McKibben 11/04/20

As the odometer turned over into Wednesday—not long before President Trump took to a White House stage to demand that vote-counting cease—the U.S. officially withdrew…

Guardian

Fate of climate crisis hangs on election as US exits Paris agreement

By Emily Holden 11/04/20

Trump administration set US withdrawal in motion a year ago but it didn’t take effect until 4 November

The Hill

US to exit Paris accord whether Trump or Biden wins

By Rebecca Beitsch 11/03/20

No matter the Election Day outcome, one thing is certain: The U.S. will officially leave the Paris climate accord on Wednesday. The withdrawal, set in motion with…

The Guardian

What the US exiting the Paris climate agreement means

By Emily Holden 07/27/20

The world will be watching the US presidential election on Tuesday 3 November, but just 24 hours later is another hugely consequential news event when…

10/01/20

The challenges of combatting climate change in the courts… the judges…the lawyers… …

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Law Student for Climate Accountability

2020: LAW FIRM CLIMATE CHANGE SCORECARD

By Tim Hirschel-Burns and Alisa White 10/01/20

Climate change is the defining issue of this century. Unless we rapidly change course, climate change will continue to produce catastrophic warming, extreme weather events, and hundreds of millions of deaths from 2020 to 2100.…

DPCC

What’s at stake: Climate and the environment

By Senator Jeff Merkley & others 10/01/20

How Captured Courts Rig the System for Corporate Polluters.

The New Yorker

There’s Nothing Sacred about Nine Justices; a Livable Planet, on the Other Hand . . .

By Bill McKibben 10/21/20

The Republican-controlled Senate, by any measure, is acting dishonorably as it moves to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the high court: having previously declared…

Scientific American

Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Resisted Climate Science, but Other Judges Have Embraced It

By Jennifer Hijazi, E&E News 10/16/20

Nation Of Change

Top law firms called out for serving fossil fuel industry clients in new climate ‘scorecard’

By Dana Drugmand 10/03/20

It’s past time these firms reconsidered how they represent one of the most destructive industries in history, and there’s no reason law students should not…

Common Dreams

First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America’s Top 100 Law Firms Are ‘Accelerating the Climate Crisis’

By Jessica Corbett 10/01/20

Law firms write the contracts for fossil fuel projects, lobby to weaken environmental regulations, and help fossil fuel companies evade accountability in court.

10/10/20

Vote climate change on November 3! …

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Guardian

It’s time for America to reassert climate leadership. It starts with votingx

By Michael Mann 07/29/20

ndividual efforts are important, but we need collective action and systemic change. And we can only get that at the ballot

Environmental Voter Project

Listen to Nathaniel Stinnet from the Voter Environmental Project

By Nathaniel Stinnet 10/22/20

Listen to an NPR podcast including climate voter activist, Nathaniel Stinnet from the Voter Environmental Project as voters become a part of a larger voting…

Bowseat

A Teen-Powered Get Out the Vote Campaign

10/20/20

Our collective future depends on electing leaders up and down the ballot who are committed to taking bold action on climate change that is informed…

Yale Climate Change Communication

Democratic and Republican Views of Climate Change Interactive Maps

By Matto Mildenberger, Jennifer Marlon, Peter Howe, Andry Rajaoberison and Anthony Leiserowitz 10/20/20

These maps show variations in the climate and clean energy views of Democrats (left map) and Republicans (right map) in the U.S. as a whole…

Vote Climate U.S. PAC

Check out the climate scores of your politicians

10/20/20

Climate Heroes are candidates that believe climate change is real and human made, vote in favor of climate friendly policies, show leadership advocating for climate…

09/14/20

Climate Change and Food…

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Carbonbrief

Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy?

By Daisy Dunne 09/14/20

Food production accounts for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and takes up half of the planet’s habitable surface. A taste for meat has had a particular impact on land. The mass of animals…

The Washington Post

Devouring the rainforest

By Terrence McCoy and Júlia Ledur 04/29/22

Cattle ranching, responsible for the great majority of deforestation in the Amazon, is pushing the forest to the edge of what scientists warn could be…

The Washington Post

Smarter choices at the dinner table can go a long way to help the Amazon

By Richard Schiffman 03/09/22

‘We are going to be eating the rainforest in our burgers. This is our moment as Americans to step forward and leverage some pressure to…

The Guardian

Meat accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, study finds

By Oliver Milman 09/13/21

The global production of food is responsible for a third of all planet-heating gases emitted by human activity, with the use of animals for meat…

The Guardian

Third of global food production at risk from climate crisis

By Fiona Harvey 05/14/21

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have calculated that about 95% of current crop production takes place in areas they define as “safe climatic space”,…

Clear Center

What if the United States stopped eating meat?

By Frank Mitloehner 12/04/20

If Americans’ gave up meat and other animal products, would that solve our climate crisis? Research says no. In fact, it continues to demonstrate giving…

Forbes

Got Beef? Here’s What Your Hamburger Is Doing To The Climate

By David Vetter 10/05/20

The ethics of killing animals for their meat have been debated for centuries. But in recent years, the looming specter of climate change has given…

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE

6 Pressing Questions About Beef and Climate Change, Answered

By Richard Waite, Tim Searchinger and Janet Ranganathan 04/08/19

Beef and climate change are in the news these days, from cows’ alleged high-methane farts (fact check: they’re actually mostly high-methane burps) to comparisons with…

Science Daily

20 percent of Americans responsible for almost half of US food-related greenhouse gas emissions

03/20/18

To estimate the impact of U.S. dietary choices on greenhouse gas emissions, the researchers built a database that assessed the environmental impacts involved in producing…

09/11/20

Wildfires in the West…

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CNN

So much magnificence is gone

By Matthew Albracht 09/11/20

A few years ago, I would never have guessed that my beloved Northern California would be a ground zero for the global climate crisis—not here, and especially not this soon. But here we are. This…

The Guardian

Caldor fire: crews prepare for high winds that could fan northern California blaze

08/21/21

Crews were digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds on Saturday could bring renewed fury to a…

The Los Angeles Times

California builds ‘Noah’s Ark’ as extinction looms – Los Angeles Times

By Louis Sahagún 08/18/21

It was just before sunrise in July when the botanists Naomi Fraga and Maria Jesus threw on backpacks and crunched their way across a brittle…

The Washington Post

‘Where do I go?’ Thousands flee as Dixie Fire morphs into third-largest blaze in California’s history

By Aaron Williams, Marisa Iati and María Luisa Paúl 08/06/21

Teresa Hatch, 61, had evacuated her rural Northern California town several days ago as the Dixie Fire menaced, but soon was allowed back. Then the…

The Washington Post

This is what remains of the only school in Berry Creek, Calif.

By Sarah Kaplan 10/21/20

Climate change has its most extreme effect on overnight low temperatures, which are increasing even faster than daytime highs. These maps show how much warmer…

E&E News

Calif. evacuees return home to find devastation

10/02/20

Nikki and Kevin Conant returned to their home in Northern California wine country yesterday to find only its charred remains and burned pieces of the…

E&E News

Wildfire destroys 29 homes, 31 other structures

10/02/20

A wildfire destroyed 29 homes and 31 other structures in a southeastern Wyoming forest and threatened to remain active for weeks to come, officials said.

E&E News

Baby Yoda gives Force boost to Western wildfire lines

10/02/20

Beleaguered firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda. A 5-year-old Oregon boy and his grandmother delivered a…

The Washington Post

The Energy 202: California’s fires are putting a huge amount of carbon dioxide into the air

By Dino Grandoni 09/17/20

California’s unprecedented wildfires, driven by man-made climate change, are pumping the atmosphere with tens of millions of tons of carbon dioxide that will only drive…

The Guardian

First Thing: Trump says ‘science doesn’t know’ what’s causing wildfires

By Tim Walker 09/15/20

For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are spinning across the Atlantic at the same time, including Hurricane Sally, which is due to…

The New Yorker

In a Cloud of Wildfire Smoke, the Pacific Northwest Breathes Uneasily

By James Ross Gardner 09/14/20

Now we can’t even go outside. Here, in the first region of the U.S. hit by the coronavirus pandemic—where we’ve been told to avoid human…

the hill

COVID-19 complicates California’s record-setting wildfire season

By Rebecca Beitsch and Scott Wong 09/12/20

The coronavirus pandemic has severely complicated efforts to fight devastating wildfires raging in California and other parts of the West. The health and economic shutdown…

the washington post

Oregon officials concerned wildfires could cause widespread death after a million acres burn

By Timothy Bella, Marisa Iati and Hannah Knowles 09/12/20

Oregon officials say they are preparing for a large number of deaths from this week’s wildfires, with at least five people killed and dozens more…

huffpost

Exasperated California Gov. Rips Climate Deniers As West Coast Burns

By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman 09/12/20

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made an exasperated plea for people not to “debate” the reality of climate change, as his state experiences record-breaking heat…

The New York Times

As the West Coast Burns, Communities Unravel With Each Death

By Thomas Fuller and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio 09/12/20

The arrival of fire season in the American West always brings fear of fatalities, especially among the elderly and infirm, unable to escape the flames.

insideclimate news

As Wildfire Smoke Blots Out the Sun in Northern California, Many Ask: ‘Where Are the Birds?’

By Deborah Petersen 09/11/20

Extreme temperatures and fires stoked by climate change can have dire consequences for creatures living on the edge.

The New Yorker

The Crisis in the Skies of San Francisco

By Anna Wiener 09/11/20

There is a substantial corpus of writing on the merits and unreliability of California light—its clarity, iciness, fickleness, mood. None of it could account for…

Climate Crocks

Explainers: Western Fires and Climate

By Peter Sinclair 09/11/20

Within a two-week span in August, California saw: – the “fire tornado” just north of Lake Tahoe – 130 degrees Fahrenheit heat in Death Valley,…

The Newyork Times

False Rumors That Activists Set Wildfires Exasperate Officials

By Kate Conger, Davey Alba and Mike Baker 09/10/20

Law enforcement agencies said claims on social media that antifascist activists had set fires on the West Coast were unfounded.

wired

Those Orange Western Skies and the Science of Light

By Adam Rogers 09/10/20

The sky above San Francisco was the color of television, tuned to the president. To be fair, I stole that punch line from Twitter, and…

The Newyork Times

Historic Wildfires Rage in Western States

By Brian Denton 09/10/20

Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon said it was clear that the intensity of the wildfires was fueled by a “perfect firestorm” of conditions, including rapid…

08/12/20

Climate change, Biden, and Kamala…

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Axios

What Kamala Harris means for Biden’s climate change plans

By Ben German 08/12/20

Sen. Kamala Harris' VP selection could heighten the ticket's focus on environmental justice while prompting fresh Trump campaign political attacks on Democrats' energy plans.

Grist

Who’s advising Joe Biden on climate? His former rivals.

By Zoya Teirstein 09/03/20

Over the past several months, Joe Biden has assumed the herculean task of bringing the progressive left under his banner while maintaining the support of…

the new york times

With the Biden-Harris Ticket, Environmental Justice Is a Focus

By Lisa Friedman 08/19/20

Climate change leaders said the choice of Harris signaled that Democrats will try to ensure that communities burdened by pollution would benefit from a transition…

the new york times

What the Kamala Harris Pick Tells Us About Joe Biden

By David A. Hopkins 08/19/20

His choice is a characteristic example of his tendency to row in the direction of the day’s strongest political currents.

NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO

Kamala Harris’ Position on Environmental Justice and Climate Change

Hosted by Brigid Bergin 08/19/20

Climate change is a major issue in this year’s presidential election, but it has been largely overshadowed by other pressing issues, like the pandemic. With…

quartz

Kamala Harris signals the rise of the “climate voter”

By Michael J. Coren 08/15/20

Politicians in the United States have never been able to rely on climate concerns to turn out voters, or change their behavior at the ballot…

the hill

Will Kamala Harris follow Al Gore’s lead on climate change commitment?

By Thom Woodroofe 08/15/20

On Dec. 8 1997, Air Force Two touched down in Japan’s ancient capital, Kyoto, for a frenetic visit by then-Vice President Al Gore that is…

Forbes

Senator Kamala Harris Brings An Equity Focus To The Climate Crisis

By Marshall Shepherd 08/13/20

The political landscape has been buzzing all week after presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Unfortunately, a…

the guardian

What to make of the Kamala Harris VP pick? Our panel’s verdict

By Theodore R Johnson, Malaika Jabali, Jill Filipovic, Wesley Yang and Geoffrey Kabaservice 08/12/20

On Tuesday, Joe Biden finally announced his running mate. Here’s what our panelists think about the choice.

YOUTUBE

What You Need to Know About Kamala Harris

08/12/20

Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee, selected Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. She is the first Black woman and…

insideclimate news

On Climate, Kamala Harris Has a Record and Profile for Action

By Marianne Lavelle 08/12/20

As Joe Biden’s running mate, the California senator will draw in the activist community that Biden hopes to have behind his candidacy.

greentechmedia

What the Kamala Harris VP Pick Means for Biden’s Energy and Climate Platform

By Emma Foehringer Merchant 08/11/20

Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign added more climate clout on Tuesday as the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee selected California Senator Kamala Harris…

07/01/20

Climate change and the 2020 election…

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Inside Climate News

Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan Promotes Union Jobs, Electric Cars and Carbon-Free Power

By Marianne Llle, James Bruggers, Ilana Cohen, Judy Fahys, Dan Gearino 07/15/20

The former vice president linked a new green economy with America’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, saying the nation needs to “Build Back Better.”

CNN

Biden’s climate plan won praise from progressives. Now he needs their votes.

By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg 08/27/20

Joe Biden's increasingly aggressive plans to combat climate change have turned a fraught primary that often pit the moderate former vice president against progressive activists…

The Washington Post

Biden calls for 100 percent clean electricity by 2035. Here’s how far we have to go.

By John Muyskens and Juliet Eilperin 07/30/20

States such as New York, California and Maine already have ambitious goals, while Ohio and West Virginia have weakened theirs.

Bloomberg Law

Biden Win Could Be Game Changer for Climate Lawsuits (Podcast)

By David Schultz 07/30/20

We don’t know what environmental policy will look like under a potential Biden administration, but we do know that the Democratic presidential candidate has signaled…

The Guardian

Joe Biden’s climate bet: putting jobs first will bring historic change

By Emily Holden 07/29/20

The presumptive Democrat presidential nominee is picking a path through the perilous politics of the economy and the climate crisis.

EcoWatch

How the Global Climate Fight Could Be Lost If Trump Is Re-Elected

By Oliver Milman 07/29/20

It was a balmy June day in 2017 when Donald Trump took to the lectern in the White House Rose Garden to announce the U.S.…

EcoWatch

The Next Election Is About the Next 10,000 Years

By Bill McKibben 07/27/20

The upcoming election looks to be an apocalyptic turning point for our democracy—and our planet. In Turnout! Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency, political visionaries and…

The Hill

Biden bets on net zero

By Bill McKibben 07/24/20

Science tells us we have nine years before the damage is irreversible,” Joe Biden declared last week, echoing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) claim 18 months…

Grist

What stands in the way of all those climate plans? The election — and the filibuster.

By Shannon Osaka 07/22/20

In the beginning, there was nothing. Then there were climate plans. For over a decade, the federal government has done next to nothing to address…

The New Yorker

What Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Really Signals

By Bill McKibben 07/22/20

When Joe Biden issued his extensive climate plan last week, there were endless analyses, including mostly positive reviews like those from the energy expert Julian…

The New York Times

Could Biden Be the Climate-Change President?

By Spencer Bokat-Lindell 07/21/20

Mere months ago, back before the campaign trail had closed down on account of plague, Joe Biden told fellow Democrats who questioned his commitment to…

NBC News

How Biden’s climate plan makes clean energy by 2035 ‘very doable’

By Denise Chow 07/14/20

"We're talking about major investments in every corner of the country and every ZIP code," one climate activist said.

06/04/20

The connection between climate change and racial inequality activism..

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The Washington Post

The Energy 202: Green groups back protesters. But they’re grappling with how best to address their own issues with race.

By Dino Grandoni 06/02/20

Green groups are expressing full-throated support for demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis police custody — even as they struggle with their own long-standing issues with addressing racial inequality…

desmog

Racism and Discrimination in the Oil and Gas Industry

By Justin Mikulka 08/02/20

With the recent focus on systemic racism in America, the oil and gas industry is depicting itself as leading on the issue of diversity in…

Guardian

Environmental racism is killing Americans of color. Climate change will make it worse

By Mustafa Santiago Ali 07/28/20

We’ve turned a blind eye to a public health time bomb in already vulnerable communities“I Can’t Breathe” is echoing across the planet. Filled with anguish…

Washington Post

Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history.

By Darryl Fears and Steven Mufson 07/22/20

The group is speaking out against John Muir, its founder and an environmental icon who fought to preserve nature and disparaged African Americans and Native…

Energy News US

Utility efficiency programs offer model to merge climate, racial justice solutions

By Kari Lydersen 07/02/20

Many states require utilities to help low-income customers conserve energy despite higher costs and barriers.

Climate Home News

US climate activists confront the movement’s whiteness problem

By Chloé Farand 06/23/20

Coronavirus, Black Lives Matter and a Chevron slip-up highlight how environmentalism has failed black communities - and new models of activism are needed The post…

HuffPost

We don’t have to halt climate action to fight racism

By Mary Annaïse Heglar 06/13/20

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer lit a tinderbox of outrage that has been simmering for months, years, generations. That outrage…

Washington Post

Minority areas already have high pollution. Trump’s coronavirus response makes it worse, critics say.

By Dino Grandoni 06/11/20

President Trump’s efforts to prop up the economy during the coronavirus pandemic may end up doing more harm than good for poor and minority neighborhoods…

Medium

Climate justice means justice for black lives

By 350 Canada 06/08/20

The work of dismantling white supremacy is critical to building a climate movement that is rooted in justice.

Grist

Hurricanes disproportionately harm communities of color. TV news ignores that fact.

By Emily Pontecorvo 06/05/20

Zero out of 669 news segments on major networks reported on the disproportionate impact of hurricanes on poor communities and communities of color....

The New Yorker

Bill McKibben: Racism, police violence, and the climate are not separate issues

By Bill McKibben 06/05/20

Having a racist and violent police force in your neighborhood is a lot like having a pollution-emitting factory in your neighborhood....

EcoWatch

15 EcoWatch Stories on Environmental and Racial Injustice

By EcoWatch 06/02/20

As protests are taking place across our nation in response to the killing of George Floyd, we want to acknowledge the importance of this protest…

Business Green

Al Gore: ‘Need for climate action is bound together with the struggle for racial equality and liberation’

By James S Murray 06/02/20

Al Gore has become the latest environmental campaigner to express solidarity with the protestors for racial justice facing increasingly violent crackdowns across the US, warning…

Green America

People of Color Are on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

Tracy Fernandez Rysavy, André Floyd 06/02/20

At the close of 2015, the nation was reeling from news that residents of Flint, Michigan, had been drinking and bathing in water contaminated with…

Public News Service

Faith Communities Connect Floyd Protests, Climate Change

By Andrea Sears 06/02/20

An interfaith group working to slow climate change says there is a link between ending reliance on fossil fuels and the protests taking place across…

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

Friends of the Earth stands in support of Black lives and echoes calls to defund the police

06/02/20

Friends of the Earth U.S. condemns the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery, and the continued state-sanctioned violence against Black…

Gizmodo

There Is No Climate Justice Without Defunding the Police

By Brian Kahn 06/02/20

The U.S. has erupted in protests over the brutal killing of George Floyd by police. The protests have largely been peaceful. The police response has…

The Sierra Club

The Climate Crisis Is Racist. The Answer Is Anti-Racism.

By Eric Holthaus 06/02/20

I’m writing this from St Paul, Minnesota. Our neighbouring city, Minneapolis, is descending into riots this evening. I can hear the fireworks and tear gas…

GRIST

Responding to protests, green groups reckon with a racist past

By Shannon Osaka 06/02/20

Already stressed by the threat of coronavirus and widespread unemployment, the United States has erupted into protests after the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old…

The Guardian

‘Racism dictates who gets dumped on’: how environmental injustice divides the world

By Nina Lakhani 10/21/19

Five luminaries explain the concept of ‘environmental justice’ and reveal why, alongside the climate crisis, it is one of the most pressing issues of our…

talk poverty

White New Orleans Has Recovered from Hurricane Katrina. Black New Orleans Has Not

By Gary Rivlin 08/29/16

96,000. That’s how many fewer African-Americans are living in New Orleans now than prior to Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall 11 years ago today. Nearly…

The New Yorker

Environmentalism’s Racist History

By Jedediah Purdy 08/12/15

Madison Grant (Yale College 1887, Columbia Law School) liked to be photographed with a fedora, or just his dauntingly long head, tilted about thirty degrees…

05/04/20

The climate change stories that won a Pulitizer..

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The Washington Post

Read The Washington Post stories that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize

By Washington Post Staff 05/04/20

The staff of The Washington Post won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting for its series on climate change, 2°C: Beyond the Limit, which fundamentally reshaped the climate debate by showing that extreme warming…

The Washington Post

On land, Australia’s rising heat is ‘apocalyptic.’ In the ocean, it’s worse.

By Darryl Fears 12/27/19

Even before the ocean caught fever and reached temperatures no one had ever seen, Australia’s ancient giant kelp was cooked. Rodney Dillon noticed the day he…

The Washington Post

How we know global warming is real

By Chris Mooney 12/19/19

Sonnblick Observatory opened and began recording the weather in 1886, a technological wonder that measured how wind, barometric pressure and temperatures changed at upper altitudes,…

the Washington post

Facing catastrophic climate change, they still can’t quit Big Oil

By Juliet Eilperin 12/13/19

The varnished wooden cross stands amid a cluster of grave markers tilted at odd angles in the cemetery, because the ground beneath them is sinking.…

The Washington Post

Fires, floods and free parking: California’s unending fight against climate change

By Scott Wilson 12/05/19

When the fire came this time, blowing in fast and ashy from the dry hills around her camping resort, manager Terri Bowman was ready.

The Washington Post

The climate chain reaction that threatens the heart of the Pacific

By Simon Denyer and Chris Mooney 11/12/19

The salmon catch is collapsing off Japan’s northern coast, plummeting by about 70 percent in the past 15 years. The disappearance of the fish coincides with…

The Washington Post

The ice used to protect them. Now their island is crumbling into the sea.

By Brady Dennis 10/31/19

High on a bluff overlooking the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Adele Chiasson no longer ventures into her backyard for a simple reason: It is falling…

The Washington Post

Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors

By Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney 10/16/19

It was 116 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade outside the new Al Janoub soccer stadium, and the air felt to air-conditioning expert Saud Ghani as…

The Washington Post

Radical warming in Siberia leaves millions on unstable ground

10/04/19

As permafrost collapses and farm land is devastated, people turn to mammoth-tusk hunting and migration....

The Washington Post

Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world

By Chris Mooney and John Muyskens 09/11/19

The day the yellow clams turned black is seared in Ramón Agüero’s memory.

The Washington Post

Extreme climate change has arrived in America

By Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney 08/13/19

Before climate change thawed the winters of New Jersey, this lake hosted boisterous wintertime carnivals. As many as 15,000 skaters took part, and automobile owners…

04/24/20

…And what really motivated Michael Moore to produce Planet of the Humans??

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Films For Action

Planet of the Humans (2019)

05/05/20

When Planet of the Humans first came out, we added it to the site before watching it because we trusted Michael Moore's track record of releasing quality films that are factually accurate. After we watched…

Guardian

Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube

By Jonathan Watts 05/26/20

British environmental photographer’s copyright claim prompts website to remove film that has been condemned by climate scientistsYouTube has taken down the controversial Michael Moore-produced documentary…

Climate Nexus

Planet Of The Humans: One Moore Rebuttal To Widely Debunked Anti-Renewables Documentary

05/11/20

Michael Moore’s “Planet of the Humans” documentary has faced a barrage of over 30 rebuttals and debunkings. Here’s a summary.

the guardian

How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?

By George Monbiot 05/07/20

The filmmaker’s latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed.

Rolling Stone

‘A Bomb in the Center of the Climate Movement’: Michael Moore Damages Our Most Important Goal

By Bill Mckibben 05/01/20

If you’re looking for a little distraction from the news of the pandemic — something a little gossipy, but with a point at the end…

Yale Climate Connections

Michael Moore’s ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary peddles dangerous climate denial

By Dana Nuccitelli 05/01/20

Environmentalists and renewable energy advocates have long been allies in the fight to keep unchecked industrial growth from irreversibly ruining Earth’s climate and threatening the…

The Hill

Michael Moore says environmentalists ‘might be on the wrong path here because we’re not winning this battle’

04/29/20

Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore said Tuesday that the environmentalist movement “might be on the wrong path here because we’re not winning this battle.” The…

Drilled News

Planet of the Ecofascists

By Amy Westervelt 04/29/20

Almost everything in Michael Moore’s supposed documentary Planet of the Humans is out of date, which undermines any potential the film had to bring important…

Films For Action

6 Reasons Why Planet of the Humans Is a Disaster of Misinformation

By Ben Wehrman 04/29/20

Michael Moore’s latest documentary, “Planet of the Humans,” has staked its claim as the most staggering FUD dump of the decade. Here’s why.

The Guardian

Climate experts call for ‘dangerous’ Michael Moore film to be taken down

By Oliver Milman 04/28/20

Planet of the Humans, which takes aim at the green movement, is ‘full of misinformation’ says one distributor. A new Michael Moore-produced documentary that takes…

VOX

Michael Moore produced a film about climate change that’s a gift to Big Oil

By Leah C. Stokes 04/28/20

Last week marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. To celebrate the occasion, filmmaker Michael Moore dropped a new movie he produced, Planet of the…

Local Power

Review of Planet of the Humans: What They Get Right and the Environmentalists Get Wrong

By Paul Fenn 04/28/20

Planet of the Humans has stirred the resentment of many a climate crusader. Yesterday, the chair of the Sierra Club California Energy and Climate Committee…

PV Buzz

If you haven’t seen Michael Moore’s “Planet of the Humans” yet, don’t

By Ben Wehrman 04/27/20

FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt): A disinformation strategy used to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the…

Heated

Really, Michael Moore?

By Emily Atkin 04/27/20

Michael Moore’s new bombshell climate change documentary, Planet of the Humans, argues that renewable energy is worse for the planet than fossil fuels. It claims…

Resilience

Review: Planet of the Humans

By Richard Heinberg 04/27/20

A few days ago, Emily Atkin posted a reaction to Michael Moore’s latest film, Planet of the Humans (directed and narrated by Jeff Gibbs), in…

The Solar Nerd

Planet of the Humans: a film review

04/27/20

I saw Roger and Me in the theaters back in 1989, and I thought TV Nation was funny and insightful. He’s an agitator and polemicist,…

Wattisduurzaam.NL

Planet of the Humans, a weak documentary on sustainable energy

By Thijs Ten Brinck 04/27/20

While you probably have more time to waste than ever and Planet of the Humans is free to watch, I don’t recommend watching the movie.…

MEDIUM

Michael Moore’s environment film a slap in the face on Earth Day

By Cathy Cowan Becker 04/26/20

I have followed the films of Michael Moore since Roger & Me came out while I was in grad school. Fahrenheit 9/11 looked at what…

ketanjoshi.co

A reheated mess of lazy, old myths

By Ketan Joshi 04/24/20

The film ‘Planet of the Humans’ opens with the director, Jeff Gibbs, operating a fossil-fuelled combustion engine vehicle, on a road full of combustion engine…

Forbes

Michael Moore’s ‘Planet Of The Humans’ Skewers Renewables, Delivers Anti-Human Malthusianism

By Robert Bryce 04/23/20

Humans are like cockroaches. We need fewer of them. That’s the fundamental message of Michael Moore’s new documentary, Planet of the Humans.

ECOEQUITY

Why “Planet of the Humans” is crap

By Tom Athanasiou 04/23/20

Mostly, Planet of the Humans is just so fucking bad. So bad that its good points are useless. It does have some good points –…

Films For Action

Skepticism Is Healthy, but Planet of the Humans Is Toxic

By Timmon Wallis 04/23/20

It can be refreshing to watch a true believer taking a deeper look at their own sacred cows. But in his rush to be open-minded…

350.org

Response: Planet of the Humans Documentary

By Bill McKibben 04/22/20

A Youtube video emerged on Earth Day eve making charges about me and about 350.org — namely that I was a supporter of biomass energy,…

Forbes

New Michael Moore-Backed Documentary On YouTube Reveals Massive Ecological Impacts Of Renewables

By Michael Shellenberger 04/21/20

Over the last 10 years, everyone from celebrity influencers including Elon Musk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Gore, to major technology brands including Apple, have repeatedly…

ABC NEWS

New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy

By Lindsey Bahr 08/08/19

What if alternative energy isn't all it's cracked up to be? That's the provocative question explored in the documentary "Planet of the Humans," which is…

04/22/20

PATA…Earth Day

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WIRED

How We Will All Solve the Climate Crisis

By Nicholas Thompson 04/01/20

NOT LONG AGO, in more innocent times, I was driving with my three sons back from trying to ski on a mountain that doesn't really have snow anymore, and we were talking about climate change.…

The Washington Post

On TV, Spend Earth Day With David, Greta … or Cher?

By Mike Hale 04/21/21

This year’s specials include a Greta Thunberg documentary, a David Attenborough extravaganza, James Cameron on whales and Cher rescuing an elephant.

Inside Climate News

Video: Covid-19 Drives Earth Day Anniversary Online, Inspiring Creative New Tactics For Climate Activists

By Anna Belle Peevey 04/26/20

For this year's 50th anniversary, organizers had sweeping plans to bring millions more into the streets to further galvanize a growing movement dedicated to confronting…

New York Times

Earth Day Turns 50

By John Schwartz and Claire O’Neill 04/22/20

Also this week, our recommendations for climate books

Parade

Looking for the Best Earth Day Activities? Here Are 15 Fun Ways to Celebrate Earth Day

By Maryn Liles 04/22/20

Earth Day—which is on April 22, 2020—is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and the annual recognition of our planet has come a long way…

John Englander

Taking Our Temperature On Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary

By John Englander 04/20/20

April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Back in 1970 the concerns were clean air, clean water, chemical pollution, litter, and general environmental…

NASA Global Climate Change

NASA Observes Earth Day with Downloadable Art

04/17/20

When Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders snapped the iconic Earthrise image, it captured the imagination of the people on Earth and helped to inspire the…

National Geographic

Create a Neighborhood Safari

04/17/20

LOOKING FOR A way to show your children just how amazing the world is—without straying too far from home? Plan a neighborhood safari with your…

Yale Environment 360

How the Laws That Earth Day Inspired Have Benefited Us All

By Richard Conniff 04/16/20

Fifty years after the first Earth Day helped create the nation’s most important environmental laws, the Trump administration is pushing for a sweeping rollback of…

NASA

NASA Marks Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary with #EarthDayAtHome

Media Advisory 04/11/20

As the world observes the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, NASA is highlighting the agency’s many contributions to sustaining and improving our…

EarthDay.org

TAKE THE EARTH DAY DAILY CHALLENGE

04/01/20

While we collectively take action as individuals to bend the curve and reduce the spread of coronavirus, we cannot lose sight of the bigger picture…

National Geographic

EARTH DAY

By the Editor 04/01/20

Fifty years ago we celebrated the first Earth Day. Where will we be 50 years from now?

National Geographic

Greta wasn’t the first to demand climate action. Meet more young activists.

By Laura Parker 03/25/20

In what they see as a battle for their future, youths are taking action and demanding their elders do more to protect the planet. DELANEY REYNOLDS,…

EarthDay.org

EARTHRISE: EARTH DAY GOES DIGITAL

03/20/20

The coronavirus pandemic does not shut us down. Instead, it reminds us of what’s at stake in our fight for the planet. If we don’t…

Forbes

Coronavirus Encouraged Pro-Climate Behaviors: Here’s How Earth Day Celebrations Could Help Sustain Them

By Nives Dolsak & Aseem Prakash 03/19/20

The Coronavirus crisis has changed our daily lives. It has affected annual rituals, such as March Madness and St. Patrick's Day Parades. While crises take…

03/17/20

The connection between the coronavirus and climate change…

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ProPublica

How Climate Change Is Contributing to Skyrocketing Rates of Infectious Disease

by Abrahm Lustgarten 05/07/20

A catastrophic loss in biodiversity, reckless destruction of wildland and warming temperatures have allowed disease to explode. Ignoring the connection between climate change and pandemics would be “dangerous delusion,” one scientist said.

Forbes

‘A Slap in the Face’: The Pandemic Disrupts Young Oil Careers

By Clifford Krauss 01/03/21

Sabrina Burns, a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, had thought she would be launching a lucrative career in the oil and gas…

Forbes

The Top Energy Stories Of 2020

by Robert Rapier 12/27/20

Some years there is an energy story so big that there’s no question it belongs at the top of the list. The Deepwater Horizon oil…

Forbes

Congress might pass a huge energy bill, and it’s actually pretty great

by David Roberts 12/23/20

Some years there is an energy story so big that there’s no question it belongs at the top of the list. The Deepwater Horizon oil…

The New York Times

Climate Change Legislation Included in Coronavirus Relief Deal

By Coral Davenport 12/21/20

In the waning days of the 116th Congress, lawmakers have authorized $35 billion in spending on wind, solar and other clean power sources while curtailing…

Washington Post

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions set to drop to lowest level in three decades

By Steven Mufson 11/20/20

Greenhouse gases generated by the U.S. economy will slide 9.2 percent this year, tumbling to the lowest level in at least three decades, a new…

Reuters

The Plastic Pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

By Joe Brock 10/05/20

Recyclers struggle as oil world invests hundreds of billions to make new plastic.

Guardian

No power, poor cell service: pandemic exacerbates energy inequality for Native Americans

By Joseph Lee 08/12/20

The pandemic has exacerbated severe energy and economic inequalities on Native lands in America – so people are turning to renewable energy

State of the Planet

Climate Change and COVID-19: the Denial Playbook is the Same

By Augusta Wilson 07/30/20

The Trump administration has responded to COVID-19 using tactics it honed in the climate arena: ignoring or burying scientific information, pushing misinformation, and silencing scientists…

HuffPost

GOP Climate Change Denial Set The Stage For Trump’s Coronavirus Conspiracies

By Amanda Terkel 07/27/20

The right has perfected the art of misinformation and science skepticism over the years.

New York Times

How Covid-19 Made it Easier to Talk About Climate Change

By Emma Goldberg 07/24/20

“It’s actually easier in a lot of ways to talk about climate change now.”

Guardian

Pandemic shows climate has never been treated as crisis, say scientists

By Matthew Taylor 07/16/20

Letter also signed by Greta Thunberg urges EU leaders to act immediately on global heatingGreta Thunberg and some of the world’s leading climate scientists have…

New York Times

Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere

By Coral Davenport 06/25/20

In the crystalline air of the pandemic economy, climate change researchers have been flying a small plane over Route I-95, from Boston to Washington, measuring…

New York Times

Emissions Are Surging Back as Countries and States Reopen

By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich 06/17/20

As the pandemic rages, the world is still far from getting global warming under control.

Guardian

Covid-19 pandemic is ‘fire drill’ for effects of climate crisis, says UN official

By Fiona Harvey 06/15/20

Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda

Civil Notion

Science, the pandemic, and how the coming election is a crossroads for climate change

By Joel Stronberg 06/12/20

The COVID-19 contagion shows once again the disdain President Trump and his administration have for science-based policies and actions. Over these past months Trump has…

Washington Post

How carbon levels hit a record high even as emissions fell during coronavirus pandemic

By Dino Grandoni 06/05/20

Greenhouse gas emissions have plunged since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, Earth’s carbon dioxide levels are at their highest point…

Metro

Coronavirus: Sir David Attenborough reminds us about climate change

By Mel Evans 05/25/20

Sir David Attenborough has shared his fear climate change has been 'swept' off the front pages by the coronavirus pandemic, as he called for a…

EcoWatch

Rainforest Deforestation More Than Doubled Under Cover of Coronavirus

By Deutsche Welle 05/23/20

As the COVID-19 virus was spreading around the world, deforestation in the world's rainforests rose at an alarming rate, the German arm of the World…

Guardian

Steep fall in emissions during coronavirus is no cause for celebration

By Fiona Harvey 05/19/20

Brief hiatus will make little difference to catastrophic levels of global heating, experts say

the new yorker

One Crisis Doesn’t Stop Because Another Starts

By Bill McKibben 05/14/20

Around the world, weary people in many countries have begun to chart the promising slide of daily coronavirus cases and deaths—less so in the United…

New York Times

Will the Coronavirus Crisis Trump the Climate Crisis?

By Steven Erlanger 05/09/20

The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the…

New York Times

G.O.P. Coronavirus Message: Economic Crisis Is a Green New Deal Preview

By Lisa Friedman 05/08/20

As the economy melts down, embattled conservatives are testing a political response: saying Democratic climate policies would bring similar pain.

Reuters

Amid pandemic, U.S. renewable power sources have topped coal for 40 days

By Nichola Groom 05/05/20

Electricity generated by renewable sources like solar, wind and hydro has exceeded coal-fired power in the United States for a record 40 straight days, according…

Washington Post

The Energy 202: It’s not just oil. The coronavirus crisis is hitting solar and wind work, too.

By Dino Grandoni 05/04/20

The coronavirus crisis is not only battering the oil and gas industry. It’s drying up capital and disrupting supply chains for businesses trying to move…

Guardian

‘The parallels between coronavirus and climate crisis are obvious’

By Michael Segalov 05/04/20

Environmental journalist Emily Atkin hopes public pressure over the pandemic will be a model for forcing governments to act

State of the Planet

The Pandemic is a Reason to Preserve not Pollute the Planet

By Steve Cohen 04/27/20

The pandemic should be teaching us the importance of public health, environmental protection and scientific analysis; which should lead us to preserve rather than pollute…

EcoWatch

Coronavirus Plastic Waste Polluting the Environment

By Nikolia Apostolou 04/25/20

By Nikolia ApostolouOver a month into the lockdown and the usually bustling streets of Kalamata, a Greek city southwest of Athens traditionally known for its…

The Guardian

Climate science deniers at forefront of downplaying coronavirus pandemic

By Emily Holden 04/25/20

Vocal influencers such as the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the Heartland Institute are hitting back at a time when people’s trust in science is…

State of the Planet

What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Sustainability

By Daryush Nourbaha 04/23/20

A student examines the parallels between what this virus is doing to us and what we’ve been doing to our planet. ...

Energy News Network

Clean energy can drive the coronavirus recovery, Massachusetts advocates say

By Sarah Shemkus 04/23/20

Activists and businesses are making the case to make solar, offshore wind, and electric transportation a priority.

Guardian

The Covid-19 crisis creates a chance to reset economies on a sustainable footing | James Shaw

By James Shaw 04/23/20

New Zealand climate minister says governments must not just return to the way things were, and instead plot a new course to ease climate change…

New York Times

Oil collapse and COVID-19 create toxic geopolitical stew

By Rick Gladstone 04/22/20

For nations reliant on oil sales, the combination of the price collapse and the coronavirus pandemic has created new threats of poverty and political instability…

Climate Home News

Coronavirus: which governments are bailing out big polluters?

By Chloé Farand 04/20/20

A round-up of the support countries are extending to aviation, coal, oil and gas businesses as demand is hit by the Covid-19 pandemic The post…

InsideClimate News

Empty Grocery Shelves and Rotting, Wasted Vegetables: Two Sides of a Supply Chain Problem

By Georgina Gustin 04/19/20

Covid-19 and climate change are testing a food system that critics say has lost its resilience.

InsideClimate News

Video: In New York’s Empty Streets, Lessons for Climate Change in the Response to Covid-19

By Anna Belle Peevey 04/17/20

The pandemic is fast-moving while the impacts of climate change take decades to manifest, but both threaten humanity if some common steps aren’t taken in…

01/28/20

Juliana vs US is dismissed in federal court with one dissenting judge out of three…

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CCR

Courting Solutions to the Climate Crisis — In All the Wrong Places?

By Joel Stronberg 01/28/20

If ever there was a case that called out for judicial intervention and a court to answer the call, it is Juliana v. US and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. And yet, after four…

The Washington Post

The Energy 202: Youth climate lawsuit dismissal shows challenge of using courts to tackle climate change

By Dino Grandoni 01/21/20

It was supposed to be the "trial of the century." Now the case won't even get its day in court. The dismissal of a landmark,…

BUSINESS INSIDER

A landmark lawsuit in which kids sued the US government over its contribution to climate change has been dismissed after a 5-year fight

By Aylin Woodward 01/18/20

Five years ago, 21 young people sued the US government, alleging that by contributing to climate despite knowledge of its dangerous consequences, it was violating…

USCOURTS.GOV

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

01/17/20

The panel reversed the district court’s interlocutory orders in an action brought by an environmental organization and individual plaintiffs against the federal government, alleging climate-change…

CBS NEWS

Kids’ climate change lawsuit tossed out by federal appeals court

BY IRINA IVANOVA 01/17/20

A federal appeals court has thrown out a high-profile case brought by 21 kids and young adults in a bid to block the federal government…

01/23/20

Davos 2020…

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CNBC

Mnuchin says Greta Thunberg can tell us what to do ‘after she goes and studies economics in college’

By Sam Meredith 01/23/20

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sharply criticized the financial credentials of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunbergon Thursday, saying the 17-year-old should study economics at college before lecturing the U.S. on fossil fuel investments.

The New York Times

What Was Said at Davos on Climate Change

By The New York Times 01/27/20

Global leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland agree that a rapid response is needed to stave off disaster.

The Rolling Stones

How to Tackle the Climate Crisis and (Hopefully) Save the Planet

By Ryan Bort 01/24/20

Greenpeace Executive Director Jennifer Morgan explains that, while the fight against climate change may seem dire, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic. Namely:…

The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Takes Jab at Greta Thunberg at Davos

By Maria Cramer 01/23/20

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dismissed criticisms by the climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, saying that she lacked the expertise to call for a complete…

The New York Times

Trump and the Teenager: A Climate Showdown at Davos

By Mark Landler and Somini Sengupta 01/21/20

Greta Thunberg on Tuesday punched a hole in the promises emerging from a forum of the global political and business elite and offered instead an…

The New York Times

Greta Thunberg’s Message at Davos Forum: ‘Our House Is Still on Fire’

By Somini Sengupta 01/21/20

Greta Thunberg on Tuesday punched a hole in the promises emerging from a forum of the global political and business elite and offered instead an…

CNBC

‘How can he face himself?’: Architect of Paris Agreement slams Trump’s approach to climate crisis

By Sam Meredith 01/20/20

The architect of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement told CNBC on Monday that it cannot be easy for President Donald Trump to justify his approach…

01/08/20

What the future holds…

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Triple Pundit

3 Renewable Energy Developments That Will Define 2020

By Tina Casey 01/08/20

Building on last week’s discussion of clean technology trends that will surely unfold during the coming year, we’re continuing the discussion on what we think TriplePundit readers should watch out for as governments and the…

Bloomberg Green

Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don’t Know Why

By Eric Roston 02/03/20

The simulators used to forecast warming have suddenly started giving us less time.

Popular Science

Real-life climate disasters are mirroring doomsday myths—and that’s worse than you think

By Jeremy Deaton 01/23/20

The last year or so has seen a spate of landmark climate change reports that lay out an apocalyptic vision of the future, a vision…

The Environmental Magazine

Trump Second Term = Bad News For Environment, Climate

By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss 01/13/20

Dear EarthTalk: Why are environmentalists so scared of Donald Trump winning a second term?

Waste 360

Waste, Recycling Trends to Watch in 2020 (Part One)

By Cristina Commendatore 01/08/20

Part one of a two-part series details emerging trends and industry experts’ outlook for 2020.

Medium

The Unraveling: Five Predictions for the Decade the Climate Comes Undone

By Deborah Knuckey 01/01/20

The 2020s will be the decade where things really come undone. As we enter the decade, the most severe bushfires in history are tearing through…

Mckinsey & Company

The future is now: How oil and gas companies can decarbonize

By Allison JoyceBy Chantal Beck, Sahar Rashidbeig 01/01/20

As the pressure to act on climate change builds, the industry should consider a range of options.

Yale Climate Connections

What are climate scientists’ hopes, concerns for 2020?

By Bud Ward 12/16/19

These top scientists share their views on outlook for climate change in 2020. A 'tipping point' possibly? (Part II)

01/15/20

Australia’s climate denial…

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The New Yorker

When Will Australia’s Prime Minister accept the reality of the climate crisis?

By Carolyn Kormann 01/15/20

When Prime Minister Scott Morrison took Australia’s top office, in August, 2018, the leadership of his predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull, had been in question for months, if not years, by his coalition of right-leaning National and…

The Washington Post

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions effectively double as a result of unprecedented bush fires

By Andrew Freedman 01/24/20

The Australia bush fires, which are still burning and have claimed an additional three lives this week, have released enough greenhouse gases to effectively double…

ABC NEWS

Bushfires pose major leadership test for Scott Morrison

By Bill McKibben 01/24/20

This bushfire disaster has posed a major leadership test for Scott Morrison. On Saturday, the prime minister announced a major federal intervention in the crisis,…

Bloomberg

Australians in Wildfire Zone Face a Painful Question: Rebuild or Leave?

By Sybilla Gross and Emily Cadman 01/22/20

Price of Fireproofing Homes May Be Too Much for Some Refugees

NBC news

Australia wildfires unleash millions of tons of carbon dioxide

By Denise Chow 01/22/20

Researchers are concerned that huge pulses of carbon emissions from devastating wildfires could overwhelm natural reservoirs that store carbon dioxide.

abc news

Inside the race to protect 250 threatened species hit by bushfire

01/18/20

In east Gippsland, wildlife officers from Parks Victoria and the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning have been scouring burnt land for injured…

Relational Thinking Blog

Letter from the Fire (well Smoke) Front

By Peter Bridgewater 01/13/20

I’m writing this at my desk in Canberra, the Australian national capital, whose air quality has beaten the worst in the world by 4 or…

NPR

Enormous ‘Megafire’ In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres

By Scott Neuman 01/10/20

A pair of massive bushfires in southeastern Australia has merged into a "megafire" engulfing some 2,300 square miles — a single blaze more than three…

The Washington Post

Australia fire crisis fuels protests calling for bolder action on climate change

By Kate Shuttleworth 01/10/20

MELBOURNE, Australia — The bush fire crisis gripping Australia is piling political pressure on its government to take bolder action on climate change, as the scorching of…

Climate Crocks