A California regulator’s curious crusade to remake the Clean Air Act
In the smoggy San Joaquin Valley, an air pollution control officer is under fire for aiding members of Congress who want to weaken the law.
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Trump administration aims to open more Arctic areas for oil
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a directive aimed at spurring oil and natural gas development in Alaska, including a move to assess just how much crude might be lurking under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Experts say U.S. leaving Paris climate deal likely wouldn’t add jobs
President Donald Trump has declared that abandoning the Paris climate agreement would be a victory for the American economy. Many economists have big doubts.
ExxonMobil’s shareholders force the company to confront climate change head on
Shareholders of ExxonMobil voted in favor of a resolution that will force the oil giant to publish reports on how climate change is likely to affect its business.
This new cheap method of generating hydrogen could (maybe?) make fuel cell cars feasible
If you want to buy an electric car in the U.S., there are more than a dozen options. If you want to buy a fuel cell car, there are three: the Honda Clarity, the Toyota Mirai, and the Hyundai ix35.
Stop hoping we can fix climate change by pulling carbon out of the air, scientists warn
Scientists are expressing increasing skepticism that we’re going to be able to get out of the climate change mess by relying on a variety of large-scale land-use and technical solutions that have been not only proposed but often relied upon in scientific calculations.
The ‘ancient carbon’ of Alaska’s tundra is being released, speeding up global warming
The Alaskan tundra is warming so quickly it has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide ahead of schedule, a new study finds.
It’s smog season. Here’s what you need to know
So far this year, Southern California has endured 27 days with unhealthful levels of ozone, the hallmark pollutant of smog, making this spring the worst start of a smog season since 2008, according to state data.
Scientists just published an entire study refuting Scott Pruitt on climate change
In a sign of growing tensions between scientists and the Trump administration, have published a scientific paper that was conceived and written as an explicit refutation to an assertion by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change.
Fighting Trump on climate, California becomes a global force
The environmental ministers of Canada and Mexico went to San Francisco last month to sign a global pact — drafted largely by California — to lower planet-warming greenhouse pollution.
