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Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial

Misinformation is spreading rapidly as experts say climate change is the likely accelerant for California's crisis

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Salon

Matthew Rozsa

We Could Use a Man Like Grover Cleveland Again

We Could Use a Man Like Grover Cleveland Again
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Reason.com

Matthew Rozsa

The flames from wildfires aren’t always the most dangerous part

The flames from wildfires aren’t always the most dangerous part

Climate change is making wildfires more common and more severe. The pollution is killing us

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Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Wall Street bails on climate change coalition after Republican pressure

Wall Street bails on climate change coalition after Republican pressure

The financial sector appears to be getting cold feet about efforts to curb the effects of climate change. Five of the six largest banks in the...

07.01.2025 4

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system

Why freezing cold worlds could be our best bet for alien life in the solar system

The universe is full of icy worlds that scientists suspect could serve as homes for alien life. These celestial bodies are so cold that humans...

04.01.2025 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Microplastics linked to organ lesions while scientists may have found how to clean them from nature

Microplastics linked to organ lesions while scientists may have found how to clean them from nature

Plastic pollution is a scourge on Earth because it doesn’t naturally degrade for decades or even centuries. When many plastics break down, they...

02.01.2025 10

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Jimmy Carter was ahead of the curve

Jimmy Carter was ahead of the curve

Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other American president, passing away on Sunday at the age of 100. Given that he devoted much of that life...

30.12.2024 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

NASA spacecraft touches Sun’s atmosphere, breaking record

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned that idea into a...

25.12.2024 10

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Facing more delays, NASA astronauts to remain in space until at least March 2025

A long trip to space is about to get even longer. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were originally supposed to spend only about a...

18.12.2024 4

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Americans spend more years sick than the rest of the world, study finds — and women have it worse

Americans spend more time on average living with diseases compared to people in other countries, according to a recent study from the American...

12.12.2024 10

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

As Trump escalates war on facts, scientists warn “we are going to get screwed”

On Nov. 14, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — the Republican chair for the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and a longtime climate science...

12.12.2024 4

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy over climate change

The residents of a small North Carolina town are suing Duke Energy, one of the largest utilities companies in the world, for its role in...

06.12.2024 7

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Volcanoes on Venus reveal the planet probably never had an ocean, dashing hopes for ancient life

Venus, the second planet from our Sun, vividly demonstrates why the greenhouse effect makes life impossible. With an average surface temperature of...

05.12.2024 7

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Spineless awareness: Comb jellies can fuse and reverse age, new research reveals

In 1641, French philosopher René Descartes, writing his famous “Meditations on First Philosophy,” observed that a mind is fundamentally different...

10.11.2024 7

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

As the ice caps melt, Antarctica is greening, alarming climate experts

The first color that comes to mind when thinking about Antarctica is a stark white, which makes sense, given the southernmost continent is...

19.10.2024 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

This is the election the founding fathers (sorta) envisioned

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills got the obvious out of the way when asked about what America's founding fathers would have thought of the...

11.10.2024 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Biden lashes back against Hurricane Milton misinformation as cleanup efforts begin

The record-breaking Hurricane Milton has left a massive path of devastation in its wake as it plowed through Florida into the Atlantic Ocean on...

11.10.2024 4

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Climate change is jacking up insurance costs. Freak hurricanes like Helene only make it worse

Hurricane Helene, the climate change-fueled tropical cyclone that pummeled much of the American southeast in late September, has claimed more than...

08.10.2024 8

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

Harris may have "won" the debate, but Americans "lost on fracking," climate experts say

Scientists overwhelmingly agree that as humans continue burning fossil fuels, our collective emissions of greenhouse gases are unnaturally warming...

12.09.2024 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

"A story of contrasts": The DNC returns to Chicago — but 2024 promises to be nothing like 1968

By announcing in July that he would not seek a second term, President Joe Biden inadvertently revived an American tradition many experts had deemed...

18.08.2024 2

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

An Indigenous tribe is regaining control of its ancestral lands while fighting climate change

The Yurok Tribe are one of the oldest existing communities in California. With a homeland stretching along northern coastal communities from...

03.08.2024 20

Salon

Matthew Rozsa

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