Environment

Climate Study: The World Needs to Change Its Diet by 2050

Gaea Cabico / Sentient Dec 4, 2025 Researchers estimate that 44% of the population in 2012 had dietary habits fueling food-related emissions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

Methane Emissions From Big Meat Exceed Those From Big Oil and Gas

Georgina Gustin / Inside Climate News Oct 28, 2025 Ahead of the next U.N. climate summit, advocacy groups are urging companies and governments to tackle emissions from livestock. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Education

The Beef Industry Is Quietly Rewriting Climate Education

Gabriella Sotelo / Sentient May 28, 2025 Students learn about regulating methane emissions, but not about the clear benefits of eating less meat. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump Halts Program To Plug Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

Nick Bowlin / High Country News Mar 27, 2025 Western states were using funds from the Joe Biden's infrastructure act to clean up pollution left behind by industry. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Scientists Are Stumped by This Climate Puzzle

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 7, 2019 Researchers are teasing out the complexities of greenhouse gases and global warming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Our Planet Is Angry  

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 13, 2018 We are at a make-or-break moment for our species as the earth tries to purge us off its surface through storms, heat waves and other natural disasters. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Lakes Emitting More Methane as They Evaporate

Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 27, 2018 As greenhouse gases are released from drying lakes, even the world’s freshwater could affect climate change calculations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Melting Permafrost Raises New Fears Among Scientists

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Apr 1, 2018 Methane emissions, a key source of a powerful greenhouse gas, is emanating from the Arctic in greater quantities than previously thought, new research shows. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Second Judge Tells Trump to Stop Stalling Clean-Air Rules

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 23, 2018 The California judge orders the Interior Department to reinstate the Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

New York Times Journalist Secretly Led a Campaign Against It

Staff and Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 17, 2017 A former classical music critic for the paper once worked under a pseudonym to discredit liberal media. This discovery and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Are There No Eclipse Deniers?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 21, 2017 It's science that predicts Monday's celestial event---and global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Sen. McCain Breaks Party Rank, Anti-Environment Bill Falters in Senate

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2017 John McCain has made an unexpected move, voting against a bill supported by President Trump and most Republicans in Congress. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )