To deliver on his promises of “getting climate under control,” Biden will need to follow the prevailing science that suggests the United States achieve about a 45 percent reduction in its greenhouse gas pollution by 2030.
August 7, 2020Here's how philanthropy can lead the way.
September 11, 2017Hurricane Harvey has upended lives and left enormous property damage — and raises deep questions about America’s economic system and politics.
June 14, 2017The corrupt US political system and "alternative facts" are endangering the planet; at minimum, America should be doing its part.
February 16, 2017For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.
December 16, 2016Trump's fondness for an America that resembles the one he grew up in — replete with smokestacks and smog — will send the world over the climate cliff.
June 17, 2016Greenhouse gas emissions have "changed our planet to the very poles," researchers say in announcing the milestone reading.
October 27, 2014Dire warnings about sky-high electricity bills haven't come true.
October 8, 2014EPA data shows that some states create far more emissions than others, and a handful of energy-generating states bear the negative effects of our fossil fuel-dependent economy.
August 8, 2014If the Arctic starts releasing trapped methane, the Earth and its inhabitants are in trouble. But scientists are undecided on whether that process has started.
