Articles by Sarah Laskow

Critical List: Texas drought is a natural disaster; climate change causes extreme weather

After months of drought, the federal government declared 213 counties in Texas natural disasters.

Even if wildfires stay clear of Los Alamos, burning trees and heated soil contaminated with residual radiation from old nuclear tests could be a problem.

Here's the scientific explanation for why extreme weather can be connected to climate change.

When it comes to green, what you buy matters more than where you live

Get off your high horse, New Yorkers! City dwellers might do some environmental good by driving less and living in smaller spaces. But living in a city doesn't affect a person's carbon footprint as much as the amount that he or she buys.

Critical List: Global warming — it's happening; Exxon funds climate deniers

In case you hadn’t heard … the world is warming up.

Exxon just can't quit climate deniers.

The Supreme Court thinks that the EPA must regulate carbon under the Clean Air Act; now it will decide if it can regulate wetlands on private property under the Clean Water Act.

Bill McKibben: Blame Canada!

Bill McKibben has it in for Canada. In a new article in The New Republic, he calls it "one of the earth's most irresponsible nations," admonishes liberals that they need to find a new country to dream of emigrating to, and stops just short of calling Canadians (and Americans, but what else is new) giant hypocrites.

What's pissing McKibben off? Tar sands, of course.