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New journalism startup loses Climate editor over Chevron sponsorship
Semafor is a recently-launched news website from Ben Smith, former editor-in-chief at Buzzfeed News and a New York Times media columnist, and Justin B. Smith, former Bloomberg LP CEO. With such...
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New Zealand farmers call bullshit on government's "fart tax"
New Zealand farmers are calling bullshit on a "fart tax" the governments wants to levy on them based on the methane released by cattle flatulence, burps, and manure. A greenhouse gas, methane is one of...
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Curious about your neighborhood's climate impact?
Luckily, The New York Times has you covered. Three journalists have created a detailed, helpfully color-coded heatmap of major American cities, allowing you to compare the climate footprint of your...
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The Red Deal calls for climate solutions beyond the scope of state action
In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, announced the Green New Deal as a significant policy issue. As reported in the New York...
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A recap of 2022 in just 7 minutes
As the end of the year approaches, it's natural to want to reflect on all that has happened over the past 12 months. Thanks to Vox, we get to do just that with their annual end-of-year wrap video. In...
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PSA: family spends quality time together as their house burns down around them
In a PSA called This is Fine, a suburban family has a splendid time together inside of their burning house. They don't let anything get in the way of their daily routine. Not even a house full of...
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Ohio redefines natural gas as "green energy" and makes it easier to drill in...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a law drafted to expand gas drilling in state parks and redefines the resulting product as "green energy." The term green energy typically refers to energy derived from the...
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The prosecution of Daniel McGowan and the Earth Liberation Front.
If we do live in a post 9-11 world, where the never-ending global war continues, targeting "terrorism" all over the planet, it might be worth remembering that white nationalist terrorism was not the...
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Exxon just made record profits, also knew even more about climate change than...
From Reuters: Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) posted a $56 billion net profit for 2022, the company said on Tuesday, taking home about $6.3 million per hour last year, and setting not only a company record...
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The dark side of plastic: understanding the impact on our bodies, ecosystems,...
Plastic particles are in our bodies, ecosystems, and global waterways. They are passed on through breast milk and the human placenta – known as plasticenta. Plastic is as common as oxygen and water and...
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This bean-less coffee sounds surprisingly good
Minus is a new company producing bean-less coffee — that is to say, a caffeinated beverage that tastes like coffee, while sidestepping all of the agricultural and roasting processes, and the waste that...
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William Shatner gets existential about space ahead of new documentary
You Can Call Me Bill is a new documentary from director Alexandre O. Philippe about the life of actor William Shatner. Shatner spoke with Variety about the film ahead of its SxSw premiere earlier this...
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Big oil published "research" denying that fossil fuels drove climate change....
It might not come as a surprise that oil companies knew that energy consumption of fossil fuels negatively drives climate change and increases pollution on earth. Just like tobacco companies knew for...
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Just Stop Oil supporters disrupt World Snooker Championship with orange powder
Two members of UK's "Just Stop Oil" activist group caused a ruckus at the World Snooker Championship by climbing onto a snooker table and covering it with orange paint powder. I don't know enough about...
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Temperature Check is a podcast about climate, race, and culture
You might remember when Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.) held up and tossed a snowball during a Senate session in February of 2015 to "prove" that global warming was not negatively impacting climate. Or...
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Manhattan "sinking" under the weight of all those skyscrapers
New York City has a weight problem: the massive buildings squishing Manhattan. "The Weight of New York City: Possible Contributions to Subsidence From Anthropogenic Sources," published in the Earth's...
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'High amounts' of flesh-eating bacteria and ocean plastics create 'perfect...
Remember the stinky, 5,000 mile-wide blob of brown seaweed headed to Florida that was so large, it measured twice the width of the U.S. and could be seen from space? Well, a lot of it has settled on...
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Fifa "misled" fans when it said world cup in Qatar was carbon neutral
Fifa, soccer's governing body, has a long-standing corruption problem which led, among other things, to the world cup being awarded to Qatar, a freakishly inappropriate place to host a summer sport....
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Meteorologist quits TV job after "conservative Iowan" issues death threat...
An Iowa CBS affiliate's meteorologist quit his job of 18 years after receiving a death threat from a self-described "conservative Iowan" for teaching viewers about climate change, reports USA Today....
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Texas inmates deprived of water and AC are fainting in jails that reach over...
As the Lone Star State continues to bake in scorching record heat, people in Texas jails suffer in temperatures reaching 118 degrees without air-conditioning and some, reportedly, without enough water....
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