‘Climate hushing’ has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it’s a mistake.
There’s one thing everyone involved agrees on: Climate change is not voters’ top priority.
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A stronger-than-normal El Nino alarms scientists over Galápagos wildlife and forests
The prediction that this season’s El Nino will be stronger than normal has alarmed the Ecuadorian scientific community. They warn it could impact the flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands, home to many unique species.
Malaysia declares emergency in Sarawak town as haze reaches critical level
The Air Pollutant Index in Serian surged to 521 on Friday, exceeding the emergency threshold.
EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands
The EPA seeks public comments as it tries to redefine the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to limit the wetlands it covers.
Trump administration stalled a survey of PFAS in wastewater, former EPA officials say
The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals in wastewater, two former officials say.
New York’s plan to charge fossil-fuel producers $75B for climate change damages is struck down
A federal judge has struck down New York’s attempt to make fossil fuel-producing industries pay into a $75 billion fund to repair damage wrought by climate change.
Scientists find clues in satellite imagery to the cause of catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet
Before and after satellite images show that the river is now much wider, and brown and black, because of the debris.
Wave energy testing site opens off Oregon, a green energy milestone in the Trump administration
The first large site for testing wave energy technologies in the continental U.S. is open, after securing a key green-energy approval from the Trump administration.
Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that’s bad for fish and us
The European climate service Copernicus says the world’s oceans have reached their hottest temperature on record. This increase is driven by a strong El Nino and human-caused climate change.
Federal officials announce water cuts as Colorado River supplies continue to plunge
Last winter saw the worst snowpack on record for the Colorado River Basin.