California is expected to vote on Thursday to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
The landmark move toward electric vehicles would be phased in over several years, with a target of 35 percent of new vehicles that don’t emit fossil fuels being set for 2026, a target of 51 percent for 2028, 68 percent for 2030, and finally a target of 100 percent for 2035.
The California Air Resource Board...
“The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
The landmark move toward electric vehicles would be phased in over several years, with a target of 35 percent of new vehicles that don’t emit fossil fuels being set for 2026, a target of 51 percent for 2028, 68 percent for 2030, and finally a target of 100 percent for 2035.
The California Air Resource Board...
- 8/24/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
President Joe Biden signed a landmark 750 billion spending bill — which includes provisions for climate change, healthcare, and inflation reduction — into law on Tuesday. “With this law the American people won and the special interests lost,” Biden said before the signing.
The Inflation Reduction Act will provide nearly 400 million towards climate action, representing the largest environmental investment in American history. It will also allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket prescription spending for older Americans. The bill passed through both congressional chambers in party-line votes, with Vice President...
The Inflation Reduction Act will provide nearly 400 million towards climate action, representing the largest environmental investment in American history. It will also allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and cap out-of-pocket prescription spending for older Americans. The bill passed through both congressional chambers in party-line votes, with Vice President...
- 8/16/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pulled no punches when attacking Sen. Joe Manchin, accusing him of “intentionally sabotaging the president’s agenda” and blocking “what the American people want.”
Manchin this week announced his refusal to support two major provisions in President Biden’s economic package: tax increases on the rich and spending on initiatives to stave off climate change. It likely marked the nail in the coffin for Biden’s and Democrats’ vision of a transformative economic package — a vision that the party has continually revised and pared back...
Manchin this week announced his refusal to support two major provisions in President Biden’s economic package: tax increases on the rich and spending on initiatives to stave off climate change. It likely marked the nail in the coffin for Biden’s and Democrats’ vision of a transformative economic package — a vision that the party has continually revised and pared back...
- 7/17/2022
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Sen. Joe Manchin delivered a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. The conservative Democrat from West Virginia said he can no longer support the Build Back Better social spending plan, nor would he be in favor of changing filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation.
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t,” Manchin told host Bret Baier of Build Back Better. “I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there. … This is a no on this legislation.
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t,” Manchin told host Bret Baier of Build Back Better. “I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there. … This is a no on this legislation.
- 12/19/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
If it seemed like June was a little hotter than usual, it’s because it was. In fact, it was hotter than it’s ever been in North America.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported on Wednesday that the average surface air temperature in North America last month exceeded that of any other June in recorded history, exceeding the previous record-holder, June 2012, by a quarter of a degree. Globally, June 2021 was tied with June 2018 for the fourth-hottest on record. The only years to feature a hotter June? 2016, 2019, and 2020.
In explaining the record in North America,...
The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported on Wednesday that the average surface air temperature in North America last month exceeded that of any other June in recorded history, exceeding the previous record-holder, June 2012, by a quarter of a degree. Globally, June 2021 was tied with June 2018 for the fourth-hottest on record. The only years to feature a hotter June? 2016, 2019, and 2020.
In explaining the record in North America,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
On the same day that the BAFTA Awards weighed in with their choices on the best film and directing achievements of the year, the prestigious (and typically more telling of Oscar nominations) DGA Awards dropped their nominees, with some historic nods.
Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) and Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) became the ninth and tenth women ever to be nominated by the Directors Guild of America. Zhao is the first woman of color to ever be nominated. They join a small list of women that have been recognized by the large guild: Lina Wertmüller (“Seven Beauties”), Randa Haines (“Children of a Lesser God”), Barbra Streisand (“The Prince of Tides”), Jane Campion (“The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (“Lost in Translation”), Valerie Faris (who shared her nom with co-director Jonathan Dayton for “Little Miss Sunshine”), Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty”) and Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”). That brings the grand...
Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) and Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland”) became the ninth and tenth women ever to be nominated by the Directors Guild of America. Zhao is the first woman of color to ever be nominated. They join a small list of women that have been recognized by the large guild: Lina Wertmüller (“Seven Beauties”), Randa Haines (“Children of a Lesser God”), Barbra Streisand (“The Prince of Tides”), Jane Campion (“The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (“Lost in Translation”), Valerie Faris (who shared her nom with co-director Jonathan Dayton for “Little Miss Sunshine”), Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty”) and Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird”). That brings the grand...
- 3/9/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Annnd … action! The Directors Guild of America is out with the nominations for its 73rd annual DGA Awards for theatrical feature film and first-time feature. The guild, which unveiled its TV, commercials and documentary nominees on Monday, will announce this year’s winners during an April 10 virtual event.
A diverse group of helmers including two women and three persons of color is vying for the marquee Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize: Lee Isaac Chung (for Minari), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), David Fincher (Mank), Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7) and Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).
The rookie feature helmers up for the First Time Feature prize also is a diverse group: Radha Blank (The Forty-Year-Old Version), Fernando Frías de la Parra (I’m No Longer Here), Regina King (One Night in Miami), Darius Marder (Sound of Metal) and Florian Zeller (The Father).
“Throughout these challenging and isolating times,...
A diverse group of helmers including two women and three persons of color is vying for the marquee Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize: Lee Isaac Chung (for Minari), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman), David Fincher (Mank), Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7) and Chloé Zhao (Nomadland).
The rookie feature helmers up for the First Time Feature prize also is a diverse group: Radha Blank (The Forty-Year-Old Version), Fernando Frías de la Parra (I’m No Longer Here), Regina King (One Night in Miami), Darius Marder (Sound of Metal) and Florian Zeller (The Father).
“Throughout these challenging and isolating times,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell, David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin and Lee Isaac Chung have been nominated for best director of a feature film by the Directors Guild of America, which announced its film nominations on Tuesday.
Zhao and Fennell, who were nominated for “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman,” respectively, become only the ninth and tenth women ever nominated in the category in the 73-year history of the DGA Awards. This is the first time two women have been nominated in the same year.
Fincher was nominated for “Mank,” Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and Chung for “Minari.”
Directors who were not nominated this year include Spike Lee for “Da 5 Bloods,” Paul Greengrass for “News of the World,” George C. Wolfe for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Shaka King for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
In the relatively new category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film,...
Zhao and Fennell, who were nominated for “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman,” respectively, become only the ninth and tenth women ever nominated in the category in the 73-year history of the DGA Awards. This is the first time two women have been nominated in the same year.
Fincher was nominated for “Mank,” Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and Chung for “Minari.”
Directors who were not nominated this year include Spike Lee for “Da 5 Bloods,” Paul Greengrass for “News of the World,” George C. Wolfe for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Shaka King for “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
In the relatively new category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film,...
- 3/9/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Each year we publish tens of thousands of stories, covering music news and trends, political analysis, how culture is constantly shifting, and critical takes on our entertainment landscape. So we realize some may get lost in the shuffle — especially in a year when it seemed we were consuming more media than ever before as we tried to make sense of the world in which we live.
And there are always interviews, investigative features, and provocative storytelling that deserves to be revisited. Our most-read story of the year was an essay by anthropologist Wade Davis,...
And there are always interviews, investigative features, and provocative storytelling that deserves to be revisited. Our most-read story of the year was an essay by anthropologist Wade Davis,...
- 12/29/2020
- by RS Editors
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone contributing editor Jeff Goodell spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci via Zoom this week ahead of Election Day to discuss the ongoing coronavirus pandemic caused by Sars CoV-2 and the disease Covid-19. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been sidelined by President Trump, despite the fact that the country continues to see surges in rates of new infections and deaths attributed to Covid-19, and he and Goodell spoke about the parallels between the HIV/AIDS crisis and the current pandemic, and the promise of a vaccine.
- 10/29/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
In our latest Rs Interview: Special Edition video series, Rolling Stone‘s Jeff Goodell spoke with Gina McCarthy, the former head of the Epa under President Barack Obama. She’s currently the president and CEO of the Nrdc Action Fund and they discussed President Trump’s environmental record, life under Covid-19, and the future of climate policy in America.
“Disappointing is certainly not a strong enough word. I think more discouraging — I wasn’t angry,” McCarthy says in response to a question about her reaction to the changes after her tenure.
“Disappointing is certainly not a strong enough word. I think more discouraging — I wasn’t angry,” McCarthy says in response to a question about her reaction to the changes after her tenure.
- 10/1/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
As I write this, I’m on the bridge of the Nathanial B. Palmer, cruising through the Strait of Magellan on our way to Punta Arenas, Chile. I’m watching black-and-white Commerson’s dolphins — they look like mini-Orcas — jump around us. Cormorants fly alongside the ship, and Magellanic penguins float nearby, grooming themselves. It is a warm and sunny afternoon, a...
As I write this, I’m on the bridge of the Nathanial B. Palmer, cruising through the Strait of Magellan on our way to Punta Arenas, Chile. I’m watching black-and-white Commerson’s dolphins — they look like mini-Orcas — jump around us. Cormorants fly alongside the ship, and Magellanic penguins float nearby, grooming themselves. It is a warm and sunny afternoon, a...
- 3/25/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
Yesterday, the Nathaniel B. Palmer left Antarctica behind and made the turn toward home. The last science experiments were completed, and the ship headed north, toward Punta Arenas, Chile, where our two-month journey will end. Scientists on board are packing up equipment and writing rough drafts of papers based on discoveries they made during our adventure into uncharted waters around Thwaites glacier.
Yesterday, the Nathaniel B. Palmer left Antarctica behind and made the turn toward home. The last science experiments were completed, and the ship headed north, toward Punta Arenas, Chile, where our two-month journey will end. Scientists on board are packing up equipment and writing rough drafts of papers based on discoveries they made during our adventure into uncharted waters around Thwaites glacier.
- 3/20/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer in Antarctica, investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
To scientists in Antarctica, President Trump is weirder than a sea pig. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted a quote from Patrick Moore, a well-known climate denier who claims to have been a co-founder of Greenpeace. (He wasn’t, and Greenpeace has disavowed him as a “paid lobbyist.”) “The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science,” Trump quoted...
To scientists in Antarctica, President Trump is weirder than a sea pig. On Tuesday, Trump tweeted a quote from Patrick Moore, a well-known climate denier who claims to have been a co-founder of Greenpeace. (He wasn’t, and Greenpeace has disavowed him as a “paid lobbyist.”) “The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science,” Trump quoted...
- 3/14/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the latest dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
Last Wednesday night, after much anticipation and hype, the finale of the 2019 Amundsen Sea International Ping Pong Tournament got underway on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker I’m aboard during a two-month journey to Antarctica. The finale had been delayed by a cold snap that had suddenly covered the sea with ice, slowing down operations for a few days and complicating life for the crew. But finally...
Last Wednesday night, after much anticipation and hype, the finale of the 2019 Amundsen Sea International Ping Pong Tournament got underway on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker I’m aboard during a two-month journey to Antarctica. The finale had been delayed by a cold snap that had suddenly covered the sea with ice, slowing down operations for a few days and complicating life for the crew. But finally...
- 3/8/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the 10th dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who will be investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
Ali Graham, a 37-year-old geophysicist from the U.K.’s University of Exeter, is a tall, thin man with a pointy beard and a soft-spoken manner. When he’s not at his desk in the forward dry lab on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker we’ve been aboard in Antarctica for the last month exploring the risk of collapse of Thwaites glacier, he’s likely out...
Ali Graham, a 37-year-old geophysicist from the U.K.’s University of Exeter, is a tall, thin man with a pointy beard and a soft-spoken manner. When he’s not at his desk in the forward dry lab on the Nathaniel B. Palmer, the icebreaker we’ve been aboard in Antarctica for the last month exploring the risk of collapse of Thwaites glacier, he’s likely out...
- 3/6/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the ninth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who will be investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
At about 5 a.m. last Tuesday morning, at latitude 74 degrees 57.4 S and longitude 106 12.8 W on the remote coast of West Antarctica, Thwaites glacier loomed up out of the fog and revealed itself to us. Peter Sheehan, a witty and hard-working 27-year-old researcher from the U.K.’s University of East Anglia, was one of the first scientists aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer to lay eyes on it.
At about 5 a.m. last Tuesday morning, at latitude 74 degrees 57.4 S and longitude 106 12.8 W on the remote coast of West Antarctica, Thwaites glacier loomed up out of the fog and revealed itself to us. Peter Sheehan, a witty and hard-working 27-year-old researcher from the U.K.’s University of East Anglia, was one of the first scientists aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer to lay eyes on it.
- 3/1/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the eighth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites Glacier.
Rob Larter was 23 when he made his first visit to Antarctica. The son of a public health inspector, Larter sailed down from England’s West Midlands, where he grew up. “When I saw Antarctica for the first time,” he recalls, “I thought, ‘this is a really a bleak place.’” Today, as a geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey, Larter probably knows as much about the past,...
Rob Larter was 23 when he made his first visit to Antarctica. The son of a public health inspector, Larter sailed down from England’s West Midlands, where he grew up. “When I saw Antarctica for the first time,” he recalls, “I thought, ‘this is a really a bleak place.’” Today, as a geophysicist at the British Antarctic Survey, Larter probably knows as much about the past,...
- 2/25/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the seventh dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites Glacier.
Antarctica, a vast kingdom of ice at the end of the world, is not a place where you want to have a medical emergency. In the 1960s, a Russian doctor who was wintering at a remote research station diagnosed himself with acute appendicitis. He faced a choice: remove it himself or die. He removed it himself. In 1999, Jerri Nielsen, a physician who was winter-bound in a different Antarctic research station,...
Antarctica, a vast kingdom of ice at the end of the world, is not a place where you want to have a medical emergency. In the 1960s, a Russian doctor who was wintering at a remote research station diagnosed himself with acute appendicitis. He faced a choice: remove it himself or die. He removed it himself. In 1999, Jerri Nielsen, a physician who was winter-bound in a different Antarctic research station,...
- 2/22/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the sixth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites Glacier.
On February 15th, in the middle of the Amundsen Sea off the west coast of Antarctica, we suddenly faced a potential tragedy aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Not long after I grabbed my first cup of coffee in the mess hall, I ran into Rob Larter, the chief scientist on the trip. We were three weeks into a seven-week-long cruise to investigate the risk of ice-sheet collapse at Thwaites Glacier,...
On February 15th, in the middle of the Amundsen Sea off the west coast of Antarctica, we suddenly faced a potential tragedy aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Not long after I grabbed my first cup of coffee in the mess hall, I ran into Rob Larter, the chief scientist on the trip. We were three weeks into a seven-week-long cruise to investigate the risk of ice-sheet collapse at Thwaites Glacier,...
- 2/19/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the fifth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
Aboard the Nathanial B Palmer, the research vessel and icebreaker I’ve hopped on for a two-month journey to Antarctica, there is much talk about how the fate of the civilized world – or at least major coastal cities – may be determined by the movement of warm circumpolar deepwater currents under Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica. How far and how fast that warm current is flowing under Thwaites,...
Aboard the Nathanial B Palmer, the research vessel and icebreaker I’ve hopped on for a two-month journey to Antarctica, there is much talk about how the fate of the civilized world – or at least major coastal cities – may be determined by the movement of warm circumpolar deepwater currents under Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica. How far and how fast that warm current is flowing under Thwaites,...
- 2/14/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the fourth dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who is in Antarctica investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
This morning, the rolls are bigger. Just getting out of bed is a challenge as the Nathaniel B. Palmer navigates the famously rough waters of Drake Passage on our way to Antarctica. I try to time my movements with the swells, launch myself out of bed, grab a rail, pull myself to the bathroom door. As I brush my teeth, I hold tight to the sink with one hand.
This morning, the rolls are bigger. Just getting out of bed is a challenge as the Nathaniel B. Palmer navigates the famously rough waters of Drake Passage on our way to Antarctica. I try to time my movements with the swells, launch myself out of bed, grab a rail, pull myself to the bathroom door. As I brush my teeth, I hold tight to the sink with one hand.
- 2/8/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the third dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who will be investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
This morning, from the top deck of the Nathaniel B. Palmer on our way to Antarctica, I notice a wandering albatross soaring beside the ship. Albatrosses are remarkable birds, with broad, narrow wings that allow them to fly for thousands of miles over the ocean without landing. But there is also something spooky and otherworldly about them, with large, intelligent eyes and a curious manner, as if they were messengers from beyond.
This morning, from the top deck of the Nathaniel B. Palmer on our way to Antarctica, I notice a wandering albatross soaring beside the ship. Albatrosses are remarkable birds, with broad, narrow wings that allow them to fly for thousands of miles over the ocean without landing. But there is also something spooky and otherworldly about them, with large, intelligent eyes and a curious manner, as if they were messengers from beyond.
- 2/6/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
This is the second dispatch in a series from Jeff Goodell, who will be investigating the effect of climate change on Thwaites glacier.
January 30th, 10 a.m.
Technology won’t save us from climate change, but it might help us understand the risks we face on a superheated planet. Case in point: The Nathaniel B. Palmer, the ocean research vessel carrying us to Antarctica, is loaded with high-tech research tools for measuring and mapping the mysterious, turbulent Southern Ocean. The key to understanding how quickly the big glaciers of Antarctica will disappear,...
January 30th, 10 a.m.
Technology won’t save us from climate change, but it might help us understand the risks we face on a superheated planet. Case in point: The Nathaniel B. Palmer, the ocean research vessel carrying us to Antarctica, is loaded with high-tech research tools for measuring and mapping the mysterious, turbulent Southern Ocean. The key to understanding how quickly the big glaciers of Antarctica will disappear,...
- 2/4/2019
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
For Rolling Stone‘s February issue, contributing editor Jeff Goodell reported on the United Nations climate negotiations held last month in Katowice, Poland (“Saving the Paris Agreement“). The conference was tasked with fleshing out the rules for the landmark Paris Agreement, the 2015 accord signed by nearly every nation in the world, agreeing to voluntarily take action to limit global warming to 2 C.
The conference was at risk of being an epic failure because of President Trump, an unrepentant climate denier who announced his intention to pull the U.S. out...
The conference was at risk of being an epic failure because of President Trump, an unrepentant climate denier who announced his intention to pull the U.S. out...
- 1/18/2019
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Contributing editor Jeff Goodell recaps the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop) in Katowice, Poland and explains how the Trump administration subverted efforts to curb climate change efforts at the conference in this exclusive Rolling Stone video.
“Previous COPs have been chaotic and politically charged, but this is the first Cop in which America not only abandoned its leadership role, but actively worked to subvert the political power of the agreement,” Goodell said before mapping out how then-President Barack Obama played an active role during the Paris Cop in 2015.
“This year,...
“Previous COPs have been chaotic and politically charged, but this is the first Cop in which America not only abandoned its leadership role, but actively worked to subvert the political power of the agreement,” Goodell said before mapping out how then-President Barack Obama played an active role during the Paris Cop in 2015.
“This year,...
- 12/22/2018
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
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