Climate & Energy: Climate Change

COP26: Voices From the Global South Talk Money

Developed nations need to keep their commitments and pay up

By Tina Gerhardt November 8, 2021

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, environmental justice, international climate policy, COP26

Crowded metropolis jammed onto an island in the middle of the blue ocean

Plastic Is the New Coal, Says New Report

Here’s why that’s trouble for COP26

By Abe Musselman November 7, 2021

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, international climate policy, plastic, COP26

Close-up of brownish green plastic dinosaur with teeth bared.

ICYMI: A Bat Ain’t Nothin’ But a Bird, 16 Tons and What Do You Get? & Let It Snow

A weekly roundup for busy people

By Paul Rauber November 5, 2021

In this story: climate change

Salvation at Last for the Arctic Refuge?

The Build Back Better spending bill could finally close the door on Arctic drilling

By Jessica Myers November 4, 2021

In this story: climate change, politics

Methane's Big Moment

What's behind those big cuts to methane emissions at COP26?

By Tina Gerhardt November 2, 2021

In this story: international climate policy, politics, climate change, methane gas, COP26

A bright orange flame and smoke coming out of an oil well against a light blue sky

Arizonans to Senator Sinema: The Climate Crisis Can’t Wait

Environmentalists urge the senator to support the Build Back Better legislation

By Jessica Myers November 3, 2021

In this story: climate change, politics

This Is the Decade to Reduce Emissions

This decade. Not another decade. This one.

By Tina Gerhardt November 1, 2021

In this story: climate change, climate negotiations, international climate policy, COP26

A futuristic silver looking building, like a canoe-shaped pillow of metal against green grass and a gray sky

Virtual Climate Crisis Film Festival Brings BIPOC Documentaries to COP26

Films from the front lines of climate change showcase voices missing from the summit

By Christian Thorsberg October 31, 2021

In this story: film, climate change

Big Oil on the Hot Seat

Testifying under oath, oil executives duck, dodge, and deflect

By Jason Mark October 29, 2021

In this story: climate change, oil

Does Future Miami Really Flood Like That?

Fact-checking the climate noir "Reminiscence"

By Heather Smith October 31, 2021

In this story: film, science, climate change, politics

A sunny, hazy CGI landscape of a flooded city as seen from above with skyscrapers coming out of the water.