How Joe Biden got greener
During a recent virtual fundraiser focused on climate action, former vice president Joe Biden made a direct appeal to voters young enough to be his grandchildren. “I want young climate Continue Reading
Why Is Carbon Capture Struggling In Texas?
Back in March of 2018, Axios reported on what they called the “ oily path to tackling climate change .” For the article, reporter Amy Harder visited Petra Nova, a Continue Reading
The Sky Is The Limit For Clean Energy Subsidies In Europe
China may have saddled itself with as much as $42 billion in unpaid renewable energy subsidies, but it pales in comparison to the enormous amount of money Europe is pumping Continue Reading
Why Alarm Over Climate Change Is Not Alarmism
Is climate change scary because of “black swans”—the low-probability, high-impact tail risks that are, by definition, unlikely? Or is it about what’s well known, already quantified, and very likely to Continue Reading
Arctic climate change yields unprecedented heat, fires and ice melt
The Arctic summer of 2020 is one that has been marked by raging fires in the Far North, with smoke extending more than 1,000 miles downwind, along with alarming new Continue Reading
Baghdad, Iraq, hits 125 degrees, shattering all-time record
Record high temperatures have been plaguing the Middle East, the mercury soaring to extreme levels during a blistering and unforgiving heatwave. Baghdad surged to its highest temperature ever recorded Tuesday. Continue Reading
The Chinese Communist Party Is an Environmental Catastrophe
As China struggles to recover economically from the impact of the pandemic, it is set to deal a painful blow to global efforts to fight climate change. The party has Continue Reading
E.P.A. Inspector General to Investigate Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback
The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Monday it had opened an investigation into the agency’s weakening of Obama-era regulations that would have limited automobile emissions by significantly raising fuel Continue Reading
The Melting Artic: Witnessing Climate Change History
On a sparkling day on May 18, the nearly 300-meter-long tanker Christophe de Margerie set sail from the northern Russian port of Sabetta. Crossing the so-called Northern Sea Route in Continue Reading
How the Harvard Covid-19 Study Became the Center of a Partisan Uproar
The shock of Covid-19 hit in different ways for Xiao Wu, a 27-year-old Ph.D. student in Harvard’s public health school, and his academic adviser, biostatistician Francesca Dominici. Wu, a former Continue Reading