Climate Change UN Report Warns That Five Year Period Ending in 2019 Is Hottest on RecordGizmodo - Tom McKay Fresh off of a nationwide climate strike on Friday, a United Nations report published on Sunday shows that the five-year period ending at the close …
Environment 'This Is Only the Beginning:' Young People Demand Justice at New York's Climate StrikesGizmodo - Michael Izquierdo Earther is working with student journalists to cover Friday’s climate strikes. This story is part of a series of pieces showing the strike through …
Climate Strike Friday's Climate Strike Through the Eyes of a Student PhotojournalistGizmodo - Lauren Hoffman Earther is working with student journalists to cover Friday’s climate strikes. This story is part of a series of pieces showing the strike through …
Environment Why Moscow's Climate Strike Turnout Was Devastatingly SmallGizmodo - Whitney Kimball As Earther reported from New York, 4 million of people in 150 countries turned out for a gigantic global climate strike, a resounding demand to world …
Environment It's the End of the World as We Know ItJezebel - Katie McDonough NEW YORK—At a certain point in Lower Manhattan on Friday afternoon, you were part of the global climate strike whether or not you wanted to be. By …
Climate Why Families Were on Climate Strike This FridayGizmodo - Brian Kahn I’ve reported on or otherwise worked in the climate field for 10 years. In that decade, I’ve watched failure after failure at international climate …
Environment Germany's New $60 Billion Climate Package Does the Bare MinimumGizmodo - Yessenia Funes Germany appears to be listening to the millions of people around the world protesting climate inaction Friday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel …
Climate Climate Activism Is Feminism In a Dying WorldJezebel - Julianne Escobedo Shepherd In the absence of clear, concise, and unified action from elected officials around the world to fight the climate crisis, it’s the utmost bullshit …
Geek RIP to a Real One: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shuts Down Last ReactorGizmodo The last reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania—the site of the worst nuclear plant meltdowns in the U.S.—is officially dead as of Friday. Plant …
Coal The World Is Installing a Ton of Renewables, But Coal Could Screw Things UpGizmodo The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the capacity for renewable energy to grow by almost 12 percent this year. Gotta love us some solar and …
Geek We're at the New York Climate Strike TodayGizmodo Today is one of those history book moments. An unprecedented youth-led coalition is in the midst of a global climate strike, telling global leaders …
Environment Harriet A. Washington's A Terrible Thing to Waste Injects a Dose of Hard Truth Into the Conversation About Black LivesThe Root - Angela Helm
Climate A Strike Against the AbyssJezebel - Katie McDonough There are more than 3,000 climate strikes in 150 countries happening on Friday, September 20, 2019. In London, trade unionists and high school …
Ilhan Omar How Ilhan Omar's Daughter Isra Hirsi Is Connecting the Fight Against Climate Change to Black LivesThe Root - Anne Branigin
Climate Friday's Global Climate Strikes Are Absolutely MassiveGizmodo - Yessenia Funes With the sunrise comes resistance. As the sun makes its way to the Western Hemisphere, the day is just beginning in the U.S. However, the day is …
Environment Airline Carbon Emissions Are Soaring Up, Up, and AwayGizmodo All our family vacations, frequent flier miles, and time in the sky come at a cost to the planet. A report out Thursday shows that carbon dioxide …
Greta Thunberg It's Time to Listen to the TeensGizmodo - Brian Kahn Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg landed in the U.S. earlier this month and has since injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the climate …
Geek Submerged for Decades, Spanish ‘Stonehenge’ Reemerges After DroughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky Receding water levels in Spain’s Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. Unusually warm …
Birds North America Has Lost Almost 30 Percent of Its Birds Since 1970, Upsetting New Study FindsGizmodo There are almost 3 billion fewer North American birds in 2019 than there were in 1970, accounting for a 29 percent decline, according to a new …
Climate 'There Is Always Hope:' Why Young Adults Are Coming to the UN Youth Climate SummitGizmodo Hundreds of young people from around the world have congregated in New York. It’s nearly Climate Week, a huge strike is happening on Friday, and the …
Environment Tropical Depression Imelda Has Dumped More Than 40 Inches of Rain on the Texas Gulf CoastGizmodo Tropical Depression Imelda might not have the same ring as Hurricane Imelda, but the impacts of the storm are for real. The National Weather Service …
Microsoft Just Days Ahead of Employee Climate Strike, Microsoft Announces Partnership with Chevron to Accelerate Oil ExtractionGizmodo - Brian Merchant Mere days before Microsoft workers are set to walk out of their jobs and publicly call on their employer to reduce carbon emissions and sever its …
Environment San Jose Becomes the Largest City in the US to Ban New Natural Gas LinesGizmodo - Yessenia Funes In California, more and more cities are moving to ban the expansion of natural gas lines in a bid to prevent further climate change. On Tuesday, San …
Geek Climate Change Is Already Killing Americans and Costing Billions in Medical Bills, Report FindsGizmodo Climate change will make our lives worse in the years to come, but a new report out this week highlights the stark costs people are already paying in …
Environment Smoke-Filled Satellite Images Reveal the Disturbing Extent of Wildfires in IndonesiaGizmodo - George Dvorsky As wildfires continue to rage in the Amazon, Indonesians and their neighbors are are struggling to cope with excessive smoke caused by burning …
Green New Deal Farmers and Ranchers Just Came Together to Support the Green New DealGizmodo - Yessenia Funes A national coalition of some 10,000 farmers and ranchers have come together to support a Green New Deal. Some members came together outside the …
Environment A New Jersey Soil Bacteria Is First to Break Down Toxic 'Forever Chemical'Gizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Scientists have found a bacteria capable of breaking down toxic “forever chemicals” in New Jersey soil. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, called …
Environment Donald Trump Swoops in to Save Us All From the Tyranny of Cleaner Cars That Use Less GasGizmodo - Tom McKay Donald Trump, fresh off moving to eviscerate lightbulb efficiency standards he thinks will make him look too orange and declaring war on the world’s …
Placenta Black Carbon Pollution Has Been Found Inside Women's PlacentasGizmodo - Yessenia Funes Scientists have found evidence that fetuses may be exposed to black carbon, the tiny toxic particulate matter that results from burning fossil fuels …
