'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The chocolate giant Mars is promising to spend close to $1 billion over the next few years fighting climate change.
Environment and Climate Change
Opinion: Irma, Harvey and Sandy - We Need a Marshall Plan for Future Disasters Like These
Release Date:
09/14/2017
The federal government should identify communities most at risk of flooding and launch a major infrastructure initiative that creates good jobs for a pressing purpose.
N.Y., Pa., and Del. Move Toward Delaware River Frack Ban
Release Date:
09/14/2017
Officials responsible for protecting water in the Delaware River region across three states took a step Wednesday to ban natural gas hydrofracking. Five members of the Delaware River Basin Commission voted 3-1 to come up with rules on such a ban by...
Exxon Loses Bid to Keep Auditor Files Secret in Climate Fraud Investigation
Release Date:
09/13/2017
New York's highest court rejected Exxon's appeal. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is probing whether the oil giant misled investors on climate change risks.
Top White House Official to Discuss Climate Change at U.N.
Release Date:
09/13/2017
Gary D. Cohn, the chief White House economic adviser, is convening senior climate and energy ministers from about a dozen nations in advance of next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting, the White House confirmed.
New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
When it comes to mitigating the worst impacts of climate change, keeping excess carbon out of the atmosphere is the prime target for improving the health of our planet. One of the best ways to do that is thought to be locking more of that carbon...
As Flood Risks Rise, Trump’s Executive Order Jeopardizes Our Infrastructure and Communities
Release Date:
09/12/2017
President Trump’s new executive order will roll back efforts to ensure our infrastructure and communities are resilient to flooding and climate change/
Hurricane Irma Linked to Climate Change? For Some, a Very ‘Insensitive’ Question.
Release Date:
09/11/2017
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, says it is insensitive to discuss climate change in the midst of deadly storms.
More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse
Release Date:
09/07/2017
“Conquering” nature has long been the western way. Our hubris, and often our religious ideologies, have led us to believe we are above nature and have a right to subdue and control it. We let our technical abilities get ahead of our wisdom.
Twin Megastorms Have Scientists Fearing This May Be The New Normal
Release Date:
09/07/2017
For many scientists they are a worrying sign of a “new normal” in which extreme weather events become more intense as a result of manmade climate change.
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