To counter the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry, America needs a popular, mass climate movement.
Science, Tech, Environment
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Slip Sliding Away on Nantucket
Year-round residents and wealthy summer visitors lock horns over housing and fighting erosion on an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
California Wildfires Stoke Need to Concentrate on Climate Change, Public Health
Northern California has been battling wildfires since early October, which have burned almost 250,000 acres, killed 42 people, displaced 100,000 residents, and destroyed thousands of homes. The hardest-hit areas have been Napa and Sonoma counties, the epicenter of the U.S. wine industry, and Santa Rosa, a town of 175,000 50 miles north of San Francisco. […]
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Americans Say Mainstream Media’s Coverage of Science Is Less Than Stellar
A September Pew Research Center poll has reinvigorated the years-old debate over how mainstream news media outlets cover science. Pew found that even though half of Americans believe that “specialty sources” like science magazines, documentaries, or science museums present scientific information correctly, few people actually rely on them for news about science—even though they believe […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Scott Pruitt’s Dirty War on Clean Water
Pruitt’s aggressive effort to repeal the Clean Water Rule is the latest battle in the Trumpian attack on environmental regulations, democratic norms, and the rule of law.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Facebook Fiasco
Facebook has raked in money on political ads and amassed vast power in the public square, but has been slow to act transparently and responsibly.
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Trump’s Giddy Firetruck Photo-Op Evidence of National Emergency
What will it take for Congress to save the country from this thug?
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Will Harvey Dent Trump’s Climate Change Denial? (Probably Not)
Trump brings his un-presidential touch to the Southeast Texas disaster-in-progress
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New Registry Will Track Flint Residents Exposed to Lead
Nearly two years after the first reports of Flint’s contaminated water, Michigan has finally received funding to create a registry for affected residents. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will award $14.4 million over four years to Michigan State University to create a registry for Flint residents exposed to lead-contaminated water. The water […]
