Climate


Polar bear in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Trump Is Running Out of Time. So He’s Taking It Out on the Polar Bears.

President-elect Joe Biden vowed to oppose oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In the countdown to inauguration, Trump’s White House is doing all it can to ensure it happens.

A normally bustling Ocean Drive is shown during a downpour, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, on Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach. A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Yes, Hurricanes Really Are Getting Worse — and Climate Change Is Adding Fuel to the Fire

New study finds that hurricanes are bringing their destruction further inland as our climate gets hotter.

Energy efficiency jobs—like retrofitting buildings to meet LEED standards—could create hundreds of thousands of jobs. And Biden has put them at the center of his campaign to help America recover. (Graphic by COURIER)
Green Jobs Are Real, Pay Good Money, and Only One Candidate Knows That

Making the United States more energy efficient could create hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs, save the planet, and help end the coronavirus recession.

President Trump has openly declared his hatred of windmills—but while his arguments have no basis in scientific reality, they mask a deeper failure of his administration to address climate change or embrace science.
Does Trump Want Birds to Live or Die? An Investigation Into Windmills, Windows, and Avian Death

Trump's recent ramblings about birds, windows, and windmills might seem funny at first—but they highlight the president's climate change denial and dismissal of science.

Heavy smoke and flames rise from the Cameron Peak fire as the fire continues to burn on October 5, 2020 in Larimer County near Fort Collins, Colorado. Windy and dry conditions continued to fuel the Cameron Peak fire on Monday and the fire has crossed a containment line on the north side.  (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Will Wildfire Season Ever End? It’s Up to Climate Change.

Experts say a late season, massive wildfire in Colorado shows how climate change is affecting our environment.

California Wildfires
4 Million—That’s How Many Acres Have Burned in California Because of Wildfires This Year

California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres.

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Nearly 80% of Voters Want Clean Energy Jobs to Help Fuel COVID Economic Recovery

Poll finds that voters across the political spectrum back the idea of retraining fossil fuel industry employees in clean energy jobs after the COVID-19 pandemic.