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In GOP-run House, has science left the building?
Rep. Lamar Smith is calling for "thoughtful" discussion of climate change, but his main thought is just that we should approve Keystone XL. Here's what he and other Republicans are missing.
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L.A. on a green streak: New mayor pledges allegiance to smart growth, bikes
L.A.'s newly elected Mayor Eric Garcetti looks poised to follow in his predecessor's eco-friendly footsteps. So much for the city's rep as a bastion of auto-centric sprawl.
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Feeding the trolls: Meeting with a climate denier, face to face
Climate Desk explores who gets to define the truth about climate change in the digital age.
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Susan Osborne Explains Why Boulder Opted for a Clean Energy Takeover
The process started in 2003 when Boulder resumed studying the option to create a municipal utility. With a climate-action plan already in place, and a local carbon tax already financing conservation and clean energy, the once nascent issue became a serious option in Boulder. Creating a municipal utility would allow for more control over the […]
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New York Times editorial calls for Obama to get moving on climate
The Gray Lady wants the president to hurry up and take executive action to fight global warming, because Congress obviously isn't going to do anything.
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America’s first climate refugees: How climate change eats the Alaskan coast
Climate change has accelerated the normal process of erosion along Alaska's rivers and coasts.
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America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happening now … The village is sinking”
Residents of Newtok, Alaska, know they must evacuate, but who will pay the $130 million cost of moving them?
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Minnesota’s Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond Dirty Energy
Minnesota energy has begun a new chapter. Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state’s sustainable energy future. Pushed by more than 60 environmental, labor, business, youth, and faith groups, the jobs omnibus bill — expected to be signed by Governor Mark Dayton — includes a Clean Energy […]
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Let’s Not Trawl a National Treasure
Alaska’s Bering Sea is home to one of the most remarkable places in the world, “the Grand Canyons of the Sea.” These canyons are over a mile and a half deep and home to fish, crab, skates, endangered seals, orcas, and humpback whales. It’s a truly remarkable ecosystem that starts with the fragile corals and […]
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What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out
A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
