If facts don’t make you prepare for a hurricane, what does?
North Carolina is a magnet for hurricanes. Hurricanes Matthew and Florence both paid a visit in recent years, inundating towns and causing billions in damage. So if anyone in the…
Author: Kate Yoder
What should we call ‘climate change’? It’s political.
If you’ve ever wondered if “climate change” is the best way to describe the hot mess our planet has gotten into, you’re not alone. It may be time to start…
Some economics nerds just realized how much climate change will cost us
A bunch of economists just put down their calculators and concluded that we should act on climate change sooner rather than later. Really. For decades, economists have suggested that the…
Google searches for ‘climate change’ finally beat out Game of Thrones
According to your Google searches, September was climate change’s biggest month of all time. For the first time since Game of Thrones became a thing, Americans showed more interest in…
Voters like taxing carbon as long as you don’t say ‘carbon tax’
Want people to support a carbon tax? You might want to call it a “fine on corporations” instead. According to a new poll from Emerson College, politicians may be able…
These 4 MacArthur geniuses are taking on the climate crisis
If any tough problem needs a squad of geniuses to work some magic, it’s the climate crisis. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that when the MacArthur Foundation announced…
Imelda dumped 40 inches of rain on Texas — and it wasn’t even a hurricane?
Tropical Depression Imelda turned southeast Texas into a disaster zone last week, dumping more than 40 inches of rain east of Houston and bringing back memories of the monster storm…