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June 19, 2023
Eleanor Cummins
Indoor Air Quality is the Next Big Climate Worry
Indoor spaces contain, on average, higher concentrations of pollution than outdoor air in communities across the U.S.
June 19, 2023
Charlotte Kilpatrick
Republicans Aren’t Even Hiding Their War on Young People
A new GOP budget scheme would force the next generation to work longer and guarantee them an unlivable planet.
June 16, 2023
Liza Featherstone
Good Riddance to the Architect of the GOP’s Environmental Culture Wars
James Watt was a fiery evangelical, a cultural laughingstock—and instrumental in shaping modern GOP rhetoric on the environment.
June 16, 2023
Molly Taft
The Fossil Fuel Industry Veterans Who Regulate Your Electricity
A closer look at the people in power who control your power
June 15, 2023
Stephen Lezak
Climate Fraud on America’s Last Frontier
The Alaskan government’s new plan is supposed to protect forests and help fix climate change. It does neither.
June 14, 2023
Kate Aronoff
We Can’t Have a Green Revolution Without Fixing Our Electric Grid
Our grid is a mess. Its formation could teach us how to fix it.
June 12, 2023
Prem Thakker
Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up on Texas Shores, in Eerie Reminder of Global Warming
There’s only more of this to come.
June 9, 2023
Kate Aronoff
How New York State Could Unlock Billions for Climate Finance
A bill being considered in Albany could fundamentally change the rules for private creditors—and stop them from milking poorer countries for money.
June 9, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
My Personal Gas Stove Saga
Improving indoor air quality is harder than it sounds.
June 8, 2023
Prem Thakker
The World Is on Fire, and Joe Manchin Still Doesn’t Think the Issue Is Climate Change
The West Virginia senator was asked directly about climate change and the wildfires, and his answer was infuriatingly obtuse.
June 8, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Smoke Is Fine, Longtime Tobacco and Coal Shill Assures Fox News Viewers
For reasons passing understanding, Steve Milloy has been invited to share his opinion on the East Coast's air quality crisis.
June 8, 2023
Yessenia Funes
New York’s Apocalyptic Air Isn’t Deadly for Me. It Can Be for Others.
During New York’s dangerous air quality days, I could retreat into my air-filtered apartment. What about those who can’t?
June 8, 2023
Prem Thakker
GOP Congressman Says It’s Too Soon to Talk About Climate Change, Amid Raging Wildfires
Stop politicizing the weather, says man whose state is living under an air quality warning.
June 7, 2023
Prem Thakker
Atlanta Activists Want to Let the People Decide on Cop City
Organizers are pushing a referendum to let the public vote on whether their tax dollars should be used for a massive police facility.
June 7, 2023
Kate Aronoff
Meet the GOP’s Pro–Childhood Asthma Caucus
Congressional Republicans are trying to pass legislation defending gas stoves from regulatory oversight.
June 6, 2023
Tori Otten
Democratic Congresswoman Rips Anti-Trans GOP Witness: “Do You Actually Believe This Garbage?”
Becca Balint is tired.
June 6, 2023
Prem Thakker
Atlanta City Council Approves $67 Million for Cop City, Dismissing Mass Opposition
The funding approval for the gargantuan police facility comes after police killed a Cop City protester and arrested others en masse.
June 6, 2023
Eleanor Cummins
We’re All Bad Neighbors Now
What explains the rise of noise complaints and get-off-my-lawn violence in America? Research points to one intriguing possibility.
June 2, 2023
Liza Featherstone
The Vatican Is Way Ahead of the Democratic Party on Climate Change
Pope Francis’s recent draft text demands climate reparations and an immediate end to fossil fuel exploration. Why can’t the Biden administration do the same?
June 2, 2023
Heather Souvaine Horn
I Wish I Were Joe Manchin
What is your personal Mountain Valley Pipeline? What would it be like to force your co-workers to pretend it’s a good idea?
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