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It wasn’t a debate, but CNN’s 7-hour climate forum laid bare key differences among Democrats

2020 Democrats range in how they see nuclear power, abolishing the filibuster, and accountability.
E.A. Crunden

Hurricane Dorian’s nightmarishly slow pace is linked to climate change

E.A. Crunden

Hurricane Dorian’s impacts could be resounding — here’s what to watch for

E.A. Crunden

Even Big Oil doesn’t like the EPA’s methane rollback

E.A. Crunden

Trump takes money from FEMA for border wall with Puerto Rico set for major storm

E.A. Crunden

Trump moves to allow logging in the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest

Kyla Mandel

Trump repeats relief funding lie as Tropical Storm Dorian approaches Puerto Rico

Zack Ford
TOPSHOT - Aerial picture showing smoke from a two-kilometre-long stretch of fire billowing from the Amazon rainforest about 65 km from Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on August 23, 2019. - Bolsonaro said Friday he is considering deploying the army to help combat fires raging in the Amazon rainforest, after news about the fires have sparked protests around the world. The latest official figures show 76,720 forest fires were recorded in Brazil so far this year -- the highest number for any year since 2013. More than half are in the Amazon. (Photo by Carl DE SOUZA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

Brazil rejects G7’s already minuscule aid package to help combat raging fires in the Amazon

Luke Barnes Aug 27, 2019
View of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near Porto Velho, Rondonia state, Brazil, on August 25, 2019. CREDIT: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

Trump skips G7 climate meeting as the Amazon burns

E.A. Crunden Aug 26, 2019
Washington Governor Jay Inslee. CREDIT: Sergio Flores/Getty Images

The impact of Jay Inslee’s climate-focused 2020 candidacy

E.A. Crunden Aug 22, 2019
Corn grows on a farm on July 13, 2018 near Amana, Iowa. CREDIT: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Agriculture’s role in climate change draws scrutiny from 2020 Democrats

E.A. Crunden Aug 21, 2019
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Wealthy nations won’t be spared economic climate impacts, new study finds

E.A. Crunden Aug 20, 2019
Tepees set up by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters stand next to the Washington Monument on March 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. CREDIT: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Tribe raises stakes in Dakota Access pipeline fight amid surge in Democratic 2020 support

E.A. Crunden Aug 19, 2019
The former Okjökull glacier. CREDIT: Rice University.

‘Only you know if we did it’: Scientists write dire letter to the future about climate change

Joe Romm Aug 18, 2019
Traffic backs up at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza along Interstate 80 on July 25, 2019 in Oakland, California. CREDIT: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California is gaining allies in its emissions standards war with Trump

E.A. Crunden Aug 16, 2019
There are many hand painted signs along the roads near Bent Mountain, Virginia to protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project.
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Appalachian pipelines face new setbacks amid renewed national scrutiny

E.A. Crunden Aug 15, 2019
BARROW, AK - JUNE 12: Researcher technician Josh Jones reaches his arm into melted Arctic ice to see how salty the water may be at Barrow, Alaska. (Photo credit: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

It’s official: July was the hottest month ever

Kyla Mandel Aug 15, 2019
Opponents of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines hold a rally as they protest US President Donald Trump's executive orders advancing their construction, at Lafayette Park next to the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017.
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Democratic 2020 contenders take aim at Trump-backed Keystone XL pipeline

E.A. Crunden Aug 14, 2019
Smog hangs over Los Angeles on a day rated as having 'moderate' air quality. CREDIT: Mario Tama/Getty Images

EPA-funded research finds pollution made worse by climate change can accelerate lung disease

E.A. Crunden Aug 13, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at the White House Rose Garden, March 19, 2019. CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images.

‘Poop every other day’ to save Earth says Brazilian president as he destroys the Amazon

Joe Romm Aug 13, 2019
Newark, New Jersey. CREDIT: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

Newark hands out bottled water amid growing lead crisis following EPA rebuke

E.A. Crunden Aug 12, 2019
The popular Endangered Species Act helped save the bald eagle. (Photo credit: James Devaney/Getty Images)

Trump administration to weaken protections for endangered species in favor of fossil fuels

Kyla Mandel Aug 12, 2019
Rally against pipeline plans. CREDIT: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Trump administration takes aim at states like New York with new pipeline rules

E.A. Crunden Aug 9, 2019
Electric vehicle charging renewable energy from wind propellers and solar panels at electric vehicle charging station. (Photo credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus)

One of the world’s largest banks thinks the writing is on the wall for the oil industry

Joe Romm Aug 9, 2019
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Major climate report emphasizes collective and individual action necessary to avert crisis

E.A. Crunden Aug 8, 2019
Contamination from cars, planes, power plants, factories and landfills is eroding the bodies and minds of black and brown Americans. CREDIT: Pexels

Environmental racism is bad for your brain

Nexus Media Aug 7, 2019
Traffic in Los Angeles, California. CREDIT: David McNew/Getty Images

Economic and environmental cost of Trump’s auto rollback could be staggering, new research shows

E.A. Crunden Aug 7, 2019
Number of people killed for defending the environment has doubled in past 15 years

Study shows a concerning rise in the number of deaths among environmental defenders

Kyla Mandel Aug 6, 2019
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As climate reckoning arrives over agriculture, USDA’s scientists face censorship

E.A. Crunden Aug 5, 2019
A former coal mine operation sits idle near Hazard, Kentucky. CREDIT: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Kentucky coal miners protest as executives leave them in the lurch

E.A. Crunden Aug 2, 2019
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is sworn in during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)

Interior secretary will be allowed to meet with former fossil fuel clients starting this weekend

Kyla Mandel Aug 2, 2019
Aerial view of electric cars at Kandi Electric Vehicles Group Co. in Changxing County on October 24, 2017 in Huzhou, China. CREDIT: Tan Yunfeng/VCG.

Trump is trying to kill electric cars but will kill jobs and the climate instead

Joe Romm Aug 2, 2019
The Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio, one of the plants bailed out by the new bill. CREDIT: Wainstead

Trump’s big coal backers paid for a new tax to prop up outdated energy in Ohio

Nexus Media Aug 1, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (R-L) speaks while Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), former tech executive Andrew Yang, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) , and former Vice President Joe Biden listen during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 31, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. CREDIT: Scott Olson/Getty Images

2020 Democrats rally behind urgent climate action in moment of unity

E.A. Crunden Aug 1, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson speaks during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. CREDIT: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Marianne Williamson made an important point about Flint’s water crisis

E.A. Crunden Jul 31, 2019
New transportation bill with bipartisan support gives $10 billion to climate efforts

$10 billion for climate resiliency included in new transport bill

E.A. Crunden Jul 30, 2019
Blighted home near the Marathon Refinery in Oakwood Heights, the southernmost neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. (Photo credit: Julie Dermansky/Corbis via Getty Images)

2020 Democrats put climate justice front and center ahead of debates

Kyla Mandel Jul 29, 2019
A section of border wall put in place by We Build The Wall Inc. stands on June 26, 2019 in Sunland Park, New Mexico. CREDIT: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Environmental groups vow to fight on after Supreme Court okays Trump’s border wall

E.A. Crunden Jul 27, 2019
Smoke over a site of forest fire in Rybnovsky District, Ryazan Region, central European Russia. CREDIT: Alexander RyuminTASS via Getty Images

The Arctic’s on fire and now it’s going to be hit by a heat wave

E.A. Crunden Jul 27, 2019
A new ad smears North Carolina congressional candidate Dan McCready (D) for supporting renewable energy.

Koch-funded group wants you to believe it’s scandalous to support clean energy policies

Josh Israel Jul 26, 2019
A striking school student with a planet mask on Westminster bridge on June 21, 2019. CREDIT: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

In a historic first, two climate forums announced for 2020 Democratic candidates

E.A. Crunden Jul 26, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), speak during a press conference to announce Green New Deal legislation to promote clean energy programs in Washington, DC, February 7, 2019. CREDIT: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images.

We don’t have 12 years to save the climate. We have 14 months.

Joe Romm Jul 26, 2019
Carmakers join California's push for fuel efficiency in blow against Trump administration

Trump fuel efficiency rollback hits speed bump as major car companies strike deal with California

Kyla Mandel Jul 25, 2019
PFAS-contaminated creek. CREDIT: Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Corporations behind toxic ‘forever chemicals’ spend big as lawmakers seek to crack down

E.A. Crunden Jul 25, 2019
Wheeling Island seen from across The Ohio River on September 17, 2012 in Wheeling, West Virginia. CREDIT: Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images

Coal CEO hosts Trump fundraiser as industry’s hurdles mount and workers are left behind

E.A. Crunden Jul 24, 2019
A miner holds a piece of coal. CREDIT: Peabody Energy

As the coal industry collapses, miners face losing their pensions

Nexus Media Jul 24, 2019
Oil production in a mature cotton field. CREDIT: Getty Images

House Democrats announce plan to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century

E.A. Crunden Jul 23, 2019
A haze of smoke blankets the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, the United States, on Nov. 21, 2018. CREDIT: Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong via Getty Images

EPA-funded research shows US air pollution linked to more than 30,000 deaths

E.A. Crunden Jul 23, 2019
An Extinction Rebellion protest on Blackfriars Bridge in London, November 17, 2018. CREDIT: Julia Hawkins

Extinction Rebellion’s radical philosophy

Nexus Media Jul 22, 2019
A construction worker stops to cool off in the water fountains at Canal Park, on July 19, 2019, in Washington, DC. An excessive heat warning has been issued for the Washington area as temperatures approach triple digits. CREDIT: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

As temperatures rise, the poor suffer most

Joshua Eaton Jul 20, 2019
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Environment and health advocates say Trump’s EPA is choosing chemical industry over children

E.A. Crunden Jul 19, 2019
The current heat wave will set records around the country. CREDIT: NOAA.

Call it the Trump heat wave: The current scorcher is just a taste of what’s coming

Joe Romm Jul 19, 2019
Water pools in rain-soaked farm fields on May 29, 2019 near Gardner, Illinois. CREDIT: Scott Olson/Getty Images

USDA under fire amid tension over relocation and climate work

E.A. Crunden Jul 18, 2019
Grand Junction, CO, the proposed new headquarters for BLM. CREDIT: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Controversial agency relocation slammed as attack on science by lawmakers, employees

E.A. Crunden Jul 17, 2019
The White House is seen under dark rain clouds in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2015. (Photo credit" Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Former Interior scientist calls out ‘culture of fear, censorship, and suppression’ under Trump

Kyla Mandel Jul 17, 2019
A coal fired power plant  June 26, 2007 in Laramie, Wyoming. CREDIT: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Fiscal collapse of coal towns increasingly likely, new research shows

E.A. Crunden Jul 16, 2019
Fossil fuel industry donates to President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Update: Former Rick Perry staffer raises over $1 million for Trump’s reelection campaign

Kyla Mandel Jul 16, 2019
Smoke rises from a wildfire on July 3, 2019 south of Talkeetna, Alaska near the George Parks Highway. CREDIT: Lance King/Getty Images

Climate change is worsening wildfires, new study highlights

E.A. Crunden Jul 15, 2019
New Orleans, Louisiana. CREDIT: Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Tropical Storm Barry is part of an alarming trend driven by climate change, experts say

E.A. Crunden Jul 12, 2019
S Telemachus Street in New Orleans is flooded after flash floods struck the area early on July 10, 2019. (Photo credit: SETH HERALD/AFP/Getty Images)

Water on water on water: Why Tropical Storm Barry is already devastating Louisiana

Kyla Mandel Jul 11, 2019
SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS RESULTS ON THE QUESTION OF HUMAN-CAUSED GLOBAL WARMING. CREDIT: JOHN COOK.

The most important thing you can do right now to fight climate change, according to science

Joe Romm Jul 11, 2019
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