Archives for June 2018

A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate

By Justin Gillis | The New York Times Link to article The night before the day that would make him famous, James E. Hansen listened to a baseball game on the radio. But his mind kept wandering: What would he say to Congress the next day to convey that humans were endangering the planet? He […]

The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem

By John Schwartz and Brad Plumer | The New York Times Link to article The American oil and gas industry is leaking more methane than the government thinks — much more, a new study says. Since methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, that is bad news for climate change. The new study, published Thursday in […]