“Cascading climate impacts can be expected to cause higher mortality rates, drive political instability and greater national insecurity, and fuel regional and international conflict.” This is according to a recent report by Chatham House, a major think tank for...
More than one month after Hurricane Ida rampaged from the Gulf Coast to the northeast, the trail of destruction and its effects on people’s lives is still visible for all to see. In Louisiana, small towns around New Orleans and tens of thousands of families in the...
Doing scientific research is the first step towards fixing a problem. After all, we need to understand how something works to come up with the most effective solutions to change it. Climate science is no different. Combating climate change requires we understand what...
On Sunday, one of the largest oil spills in California’s recent history spread onto beaches, damaging wetlands and killing wildlife. The most probable source was a 13-inch split in a pipeline under the Pacific Ocean, likely caused by a collision with a ship’s anchor....
The current budget fight in Congress is offering up a perfect opportunity for industries to call in favors. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has been tapped to re-write the climate portion of the budget bill. This is the same Senator Manchin who owns between $1-5...
