Despite all the progress climate scientists have made in understanding the risks we run by loading the atmosphere with CO2, the world… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
But overall, Obama's record on the environment has been uninspired - and that's putting it kindly. He hasn't stopped coal companies from… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Climate scientists have long pointed to the Southwest as one of the places in the U.S. that is most vulnerable to global… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
By burning fossil fuels, we are already dumping 30 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, which has a profound… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Once we start deliberately messing with the climate systems, we could inadvertently shift rainfall patterns (climate models have shown that rainfall in… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never give up. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
To understand how quickly we're cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
The end of coal in Appalachia doesn't mean that America is running out of coal (there's plenty left in Wyoming). But it should end… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the Earth could… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who also happens to be the 10th richest person in America, with a personal fortune of some $18… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
“When I asked the mayor if flood insurance rates had gone up after Sandy, he said, “Not really.” This is how disaster relief works… — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
In the United States, we do a pretty good job of protecting iconic landscapes and postcard views, but the ocean gets no respect. — Jeff Goodell Copy Share Image
