Tag Archives: climate

This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It’s become increasingly common in coverage of the annual United Nations climate negotiations — the Conference of the Parties, or COP — to see stories about …

This Election day, Bill Nye has one message for young people: “Vote with the climate in mind.” Since September, America’s beloved science guy has been injecting social media platforms with snappy, quirky videos aimed at educating voters to choose candidates who champion climate and clean energy. Working in tandem with …

At this late hour, with so much at stake in this election, let’s get one thing straight: Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to the American economy, to women’s reproductive freedom, and to democracy itself. But he is not a threat to the planet. Whatever happens on Nov. …

Many of us think of Coachella and envision solid lineup draws and killer musical performances, but on Saturday a very different headliner took the stage: GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. And he delivered a buzzkill message for the state, threatening to withhold wildfire aid to California. He made the threat …

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. As a hurricane intensified by hot ocean water now threatens to destroy the Tampa Bay region, Florida Republicans bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry are pushing legislation …

Every time I hear “voting is your civic duty,” I cringe. As a climate activist and Get-Out-The-Vote organizer, I can’t help but feel our election system is disconnected from the reality of actual Americans. The platitudes traditional politics offer feel so oblivious to the constant political buffoonery people are expected …

Following the hottest summer on record, the very last question that ABC’s debate moderators presented to Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump was: “what would you do to fight climate change?” Harris slammed Trump for having called climate change a “hoax,” noting it’s “very real,” posing physical …

Let’s say you were going to your high school prom in the spring of 1969, and you turned on the (probably AM) radio in your Mustang on the way to the school cafeteria — the Number One song in America? Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In. Fast forward 55 years, and …

A watchdog is calling on the Biden administration to investigate whether donations to an organization representing Republican state financial officers have violated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s landmark pay-to-play rule. The State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) — whose members include GOP state treasurers, auditors, and controllers — has led a …

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published by Rolling Stone with permission. On Oct. 10, 2017, a fresh-faced J.D. Vance was direct and pragmatic about America’s energy future when asked whether the U.S. “should protect the coal and steel industries.” The then-33-year-old author of Hillbilly Elegy …