February 2020 – Climate Desk

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Mother Jones

The Energy Industry’s “Metaphysical” Argument for a Pipeline That Crosses the Appalachian Trail

Legal experts are baffled over how this case made it to the Supreme Court.

Will Peischel · February 25, 2020
High Country News

Psychedelics on a Trip to Western Ballots

Decriminalization campaigns follow a Denver ballot initiative to regulate shrooms that passed last year.

Nick Bowlin · February 25, 2020
Mother Jones

Donald Trump Claims He Wants to Plant a Whole Bunch of Trees. Maybe He Should Stop Cutting Them Down First.

He's missing the forest for the trees.

Jackie Flynn Mogensen · February 19, 2020
YaleEnvironment360

Native Species or Invasive? The Distinction Blurs as the World Warms

With thousands of species on the move as the climate changes, a growing number of scientists say that the dichotomy between native and alien species has become an outdated concept.

Sonia Shah · February 3, 2020
Mother Jones

Wildfires Threaten Australia’s Capital

“It may become uncontrollable.”

Nathalie Baptiste · February 3, 2020
Grist

Antarctica’s Glaciers Are Melting so Fast, You Can Swim in Them. In a Speedo.

Will these grim dispatches from Antarctica get the world’s attention?

Emily Pontecorvo · February 3, 2020