by Alexis Shanes | May 24, 2019 | Environment
More than 200 D.C.-area teens called for climate policy action Friday morning, skipping school to participate in a global climate strike started by Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg. The students protested outside the White House, then marched to the...
by Alexis Shanes | May 10, 2019 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says the Trump administration will continue with its plan to ease offshore drilling regulations. At a hearing of the House interior subcommittee this week, Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, asked Bernhardt whether there...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 5, 2019 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Several young climate activists on Thursday chastised all three branches of the federal government for not acting aggressively to address the growing threat of global warming. At the first hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis,...
by Brock Hall | Mar 20, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Hundreds of young activists gathered in front of the US Capitol Building on Friday to demand action on climate change. Speakers included Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter Isra Hirsi, one of the organizers of the strike. After her speech, Omar also...
by Medill News Service | Mar 1, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Last week, a video of children pleading with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Cal., to back the Green New Deal resolution went viral on Twitter. The video, which now has about 10 million views, was posted by the Sunrise Movement, an environmental activist organization...
by Brock Hall | Feb 21, 2019 | Environment, Topics
The recent government shutdown’s effect on climate research could have unfortunate consequences in the near future, according to climate scientists. All but one of the 200 researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were furloughed for 35 days,...
