Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is a project co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis. WBUR is one of more than 250 news organizations around the world that have committed to running a week’s worth of climate coverage in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Sept. 23, 2019.
These NH teachers want students to connect climate change to what's happening in their own backyards
A number of states have adopted school science standards that include teaching about climate change.

COP26 falls short of the aggressive action needed to halt climate disaster
Experts say nations will need to keep pushing for more aggressive, concrete plans soon.

Shelter From The Climate Storm? Experts Say Vermont Needs To Prepare For 'Climigration'
While there are no solid predictions for how many people will move to the Green Mountain State as a result of the climate emergency, or even when that migration could...

Companies Try New Technology To Suck Greenhouse Gas Out Of The Atmosphere
Several companies are trying to pull carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere.
Why Georgia's 50-Year-Old Salt Marsh Law Matters For The Future
Fifty years ago, Georgians pressured their state government into passing a progressive law that protects its salt marshes.
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Today Is Earth Day. This Is Your Reminder That After Coronavirus, Another Grave Threat Looms
As we recover from the pandemic while still confronting a climate emergency, writes Frederick Hewett, do we dare ponder what situation we'll find ourselves in 10 years from now?

Why Don’t We Treat The Climate Crisis With The Same Urgency As Coronavirus?
Urgent action to prevent a pandemic is, of course, necessary and pressing. But the climate crisis represents a far graver and deadlier existential threat, writes Owen Jones, and yet the...

Scenes From The Youth Climate Strike In Boston
Thousands of young people from Massachusetts and surrounding states have "gone on strike," emptying out classrooms to gather at Boston City Hall Plaza Friday to demand bold and immediate action...

U.N. Report Links Soil Degradation To Climate Change
Scientists revealed that the Earth's soil is being lost 10 to 100 times faster than it is forming.

Exposing The Myth Of Plastic Recycling: Why A Majority Is Burned Or Thrown In A Landfill
Very little of plastic we recycle is actually removed from the waste stream.

Trump Administration Official Defends Decision To Revoke California's Emissions Standards Waiver
He says concerns about clean air must be addressed by “practical steps that are not informed by ideology.”

On Climate Guilt, 2020, And Why Your Jeans Are Bad For The Environment: 5 Questions With Tatiana Schlossberg
The former New York Times science reporter (and Kennedy family scion) is out with a new book that illustrates how everything in our lives comes back to the climate --...

The Words Of One Young Climate Activist: 'We Cannot Consider Ourselves Separate From The Natural World'
In 12 years, I will be 27 years old, writes Izzy Goodrich. I will not yet have experienced three full decades on Earth before it begins its irreversible decline.

Attacks On Saudi Oil Plant Carry Heavy Environmental Cost
One researcher says attacks on oil facilities can have disastrous environmental consequences.

Former USDA Scientist Says He'll Make A Bigger Impact On Climate Change Research Outside Of The Government
A scientist at the USDA recently resigned after citing attempts by the Trump administration to suppress his climate change related research.

'Choked' By Air Pollution: An Invisible Consequence Of Climate Change
Climate change is exacerbating the negative health effects of air pollution.

What To Know About Friday’s Youth Climate Strike In Boston
Organizers estimate 10,000 people from across Massachusetts will participate in a rally at City Hall Plaza and a march to the State House.

For Green Energy, MIT Aims To Build 'A Star On Earth'
Skeptics joke that fusion is the energy source of the future ... and always will be. But a local company says it's getting close to making reliable fusion energy a...

The Hundreds Of Ways Trump Has Trampled Science
It's time to hold our leaders accountable for suppressing, denying, censoring and otherwise sidelining science, write Rachel Licker and Andrew Rosenberg.

Phoenix Residents Will Need To Adapt To An Even Hotter Climate
Higher temperatures, the urban heat island, and the prospect of prolonged drought will force Phoenix to adapt to living with climate change in the desert.