EartherGarbage So Long, and Thanks for All the (Drought-Stricken) Fish As I leave Earther, I'd like to invite polluters to kindly eat shit. By Molly Taft Published June 1, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Yikes: Biodegradable Plastic Doesn’t Actually Break Down in the Ocean Plastics sold as greener alternatives act a lot differently in marine environments, troubling new research finds. By Molly Taft Published May 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy ExxonMobil Dips Its Oily Toe Into Lithium The fossil fuel giant is joining the race to mine lithium for the clean energy revolution. By Molly Taft Published May 23, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy A Huge Chunk of the U.S. Could See Blackouts This Summer Our power grid is in a precarious state, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. By Molly Taft Published May 18, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Capping Emissions Could Create 35,000 Jobs in Texas (If Lawmakers Would Only Listen) A new report finds that controlling methane emissions from oil and gas production could create tens of thousands of jobs. By Molly Taft Published May 17, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherNatural Disasters Cyclone Mocha’s Quick, Brutal Path The storm picked up juice quickly over unusually warm waters and hit Myanmar with devastating force. By Molly Taft Published May 15, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Helion and Microsoft Lead World Down Nuclear Fusion Rabbit Hole Helion has said for years that it's on the brink of a fusion breakthrough. This time, Microsoft is backing up those claims. By Molly Taft Published May 11, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Oil and Gas Production Causes 7,500 Premature Deaths Per Year New research sheds light on the health impacts of the production of fossil fuels across the country. By Molly Taft Published May 9, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice Alabama Neglected Black Residents’ Health by Ignoring Raw Sewage Crisis, DOJ Finds "Residents have been exposed to raw sewage in their neighborhoods, their yards, their playgrounds, their schools and even inside their own homes." By Molly Taft Published May 8, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Long Blackouts Are Up to 50 Times More Likely in Parts of the U.S. New research takes a first-of-its-kind look at power outages driven by extreme weather. By Molly Taft Published May 4, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Florida Lawmakers Don’t Know What They’re Doing With ESG It's unclear how the state would implement an anti-green investing bill that DeSantis signed this week—and that's by design. By Molly Taft Published May 3, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice Taxpayers Are Footing the Bill for Rich People’s Private Jet Flights The super-wealthy are skirting the fees you pay for commercial airline tickets, while still reaping the benefits, a new report finds. By Molly Taft Published May 2, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change See Rushing Waterfalls and Submerged Roads as California Floods The record-breaking snowpack is melting with higher spring temperatures after a super-wet winter. By Molly Taft Published May 1, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Joe Manchin Is Back on His Bullshit Less than a year after the Senator helped pass a historic piece of climate legislation, he says he'd potentially vote to repeal it. By Molly Taft Published April 27, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch Sold House to Guy Whose Firm Brought Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Politico reports that Justice Gorsuch did not list the buyer of the property on financial disclosure documents. By Molly Taft Published April 26, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Don’t Fall for the New GOP Environmentalism Faux concern is the name of the game as Republicans begin to admit the climate is in trouble. By Molly Taft Published April 25, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEarth Science California Is Covered in Flowers California is experiencing a "superbloom" after a super-wet winter. By Molly Taft Published April 25, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy The Next Big U.S. Power Plant Fight Is Coming The Biden administration will release plans to regulate emissions from power plants this week—a move almost certain to spark a legal battle. By Molly Taft Published April 24, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation 7 Bonkers Corporate Earth Day Campaigns There’s no question that this holiday, which started from radical beginnings, has largely become the purview of greenwashing and PR spin. By Molly Taft Published April 22, 2023 | Comments (0)
EartherEarth Science See Newly Discovered Deep Sea ‘Chimneys’ Teeming With Life Rare footage from thousands of feet underwater shows never-before-mapped areas of the ocean floor. By Molly Taft Published April 21, 2023 | Comments (0)
