Robinson Meyer

Voters Really Care About Climate Change

For Democrats, climate change is now one of the two most important issues in politics, according to a new poll.

• Robinson Meyer
• February 21, 2020

The Oil Industry Is Quietly Winning Local Climate Fights

In the past few years, the American Petroleum Institute and its allies have fought against climate-friendly policies in at least 16 different states.

• Robinson Meyer
• February 20, 2020

$10 Billion? In This Climate??

Jeff Bezos has pledged more money to battling climate change than anyone ever has before. But where will it go?

• Robinson Meyer
• February 18, 2020

‘We Knew They Had Cooked the Books’

The Trump administration’s attempt to kill one of America’s strongest climate policies has been a complete debacle.

• Robinson Meyer
• February 12, 2020

Only Telephones Are Good

In Iowa and everywhere else

• Robinson Meyer
• February 4, 2020

The New Video of One of the Scariest Places on Earth

For the first time, scientists have a clear view of the line where the giant Thwaites Glacier is leaking water into the ocean.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 30, 2020

A Climate-Lawsuit Dissent That Changed My Mind

Twenty-one children brought a lawsuit arguing that the government needs to act on climate change. A federal court dismissed it.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 22, 2020

Why Twitter May Be Ruinous for the Left

It’s a machine for misunderstanding other people’s ideas and identities. How do you even organize that?

• Robinson Meyer
• January 17, 2020

This Is Your Life on Climate Change

2019 was the hottest year on record, with one exception.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 15, 2020

America’s Coal Consumption Entered Free Fall in 2019

Coal fell 18 percent last year, the largest drop ever recorded. But carbon emissions across the rest of the economy barely budged.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 7, 2020

Australia Will Lose to Climate Change

Even as the country fights bushfires, it can’t stop dumping planet-warming pollution into the atmosphere.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 4, 2020

What the Death of iTunes Says About Our Digital Habits

We started the 2010s obsessed with our electronic hygiene—and ended them a nation of digital hoarders. Eleven ideas about the decade that killed iTunes.

• Robinson Meyer
• January 2, 2020

A Field Guide for the Entire 21st Century

A new project reveals not just where birds live now—but where they’ll live decades from now.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 26, 2019

The Human Brain Evolved When Carbon Dioxide Was Lower

There is substantial but inconsistent evidence that as carbon-dioxide levels rise, they could affect human cognition.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 20, 2019

Investment Bankers Are Now Waging the War on Coal

As UN climate negotiations faltered, bankers on Wall Street brought good news for the climate. What’s even happening?

• Robinson Meyer
• December 17, 2019

Dozens of States Want to Keep America’s Broken Climate Promise

States still aiming to meet U.S. climate commitments will reduce emissions 20 to 27 percent below their all-time high by 2025, a new report card shows.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 9, 2019

5 Big Trends That Increased Earth’s Carbon Pollution

For the third year in a row, carbon emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 3, 2019

John Kerry’s New Bipartisan, Star-Studded ‘War’ on Climate Change

In an interview, the former secretary of state talks about the climate news that makes him want to curse, and his new alliance with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Leonardo DiCaprio.

• Robinson Meyer
• December 2, 2019

A Big Silly Cybertruck

Can it haul stuff? Hell yeah it can. It also looks like a Pokémon.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 23, 2019

So Has the Green New Deal Won Yet?

Since it debuted a year ago, the idea has lost, and won, and could lose again.

• Robinson Meyer
• November 15, 2019