With most Americans distracted on Black Friday, the U.S. government published its latest National Climate Assessment (NCA) - a federal report endorsed by 13 agencies and the most comprehensive study of climate change's effect on the U.S. to date.
The Trump administration’s pursuit of policies to reverse or supplant environmental laws that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions has made combating climate change difficult. But where the federal government refuses to lead, state governments will.
The seas are rising. Lifeboat Earth is taking on water. Crew members and passengers frantically bail with cups and spoons but the crazed captain on the bridge cries “Drill, baby, drill" and helmsman Zinke drives an auger into the hull.
Time to crank up those committee hearings: In Trumpworld, the health of the planet, the economy, the coastal communities are all secondary to the interests of the oil industry.
The proposed pollution settlement between the state Department of Environmental Quality and Chemours appeared to be a good deal. It may still be. But this week some caution lights began flashing.
It's reassuring that South Carolina residents overwhelmingly believe the climate is changing. We just have to reach a consensus on what to do about it.
The recent report warns that climate change is already affecting the U.S. economy, and could cost hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century.
In 2016, City Hall began testing for lead in drinking water in homes with water meters. In June, city officials began getting results. When did City Hall give Chicagoans a heads-up? Last week.
The Republican-controlled legislature twiddles its thumbs when not actively blocking reasonable measures to cut the emissions that contribute to warming. So Gov. Roy Cooper has stepped up.
To raise the region’s voice on sea-level rise, local governments must give business leaders the kind of detail they need to sway political leaders to pay attention and create a plan for what’s headed our way.
There are some hopeful signs that Congress may finally get around to enacting a carbon tax sometime in the next two years. Sooner would be better than later.
Utahns aren't strangers to the thick, smoggy blanket known as the winter inversion. As it turns out, neither are dozens of other places around the globe
