Weather
D.C. Public Schools Still Closed as City Struggles To Clear Roads and Sidewalks
As the district's struggle to clear snow drags on, the case for public infrastructure maintenance becomes weaker.
The Texas Floods Were a Natural Disaster, Not a Policy Disaster
There's no evidence that cuts to the National Weather Service impacted the response to the weekend's tragic flash floods.
NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Are Not Evidence of Climate Change
Weather and climate disaster losses as a percentage of U.S. GDP have not increased between 1990 and 2019, a new study finds.
The Media's Misleading Fearmongering Over Climate Change
"Over the last 20 years, because of temperature rises, we have seen about 116,000 more people die from heat. But 283,000 fewer people die from cold."
Do the Proud Boys Deserve To Be in Prison Forever?
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Subsidized Flood Insurance Makes Storm Damage Worse
It's high time for Congress to end a program that routinely goes into debt providing subsidies to wealthy people living in high-risk areas.
Netflix Teams Up With the Obamas To Produce Big Government Propaganda
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
Here's What the Media Get Wrong About Hurricanes
No, a big storm does not require big government.
Storms and Reforms
Plus: The editors unpack a philosophical question from a listener concerning foreign policy.
Weather Is Not Climate. Or Is It?
For years, experts warned that any given hurricane or heat wave cannot be attributed to long-term changes in average temperatures. But it turns out that climatologists and meteorologists sometimes can establish such causal relationships.
Weather and Climate Disasters Are Declining Globally
Increasing weather damage costs are not reliable evidence for climate change.
Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock Is a Glorious Sci-Fi Vision of How To Respond to Global Warming, One Geoengineering Problem at a Time
In Stephenson's near-future novel, innovation, not legislation, is the best response to a changing climate.
Hurricane Ida, Climate Change, and Falling Trends in Global Deaths From Natural Disasters
The risk of dying from extreme weather since the 1920s has dropped by 99.75 percent.
In an Unprecedented Heat Wave, Portland's Lingering COVID Restrictions Hurt Bars and Restaurants Again
The state, one of the last to fully reopen, lifted some capacity limits early. But the service sector was hamstrung during a heat crisis in which it could have helped.
The Texas Blackout Blame Game
Neither wind power nor deregulation are responsible for the Texas power disaster.
Will Summer's Heat, Humidity, and Sunlight Help Us Slow COVID-19?
Lab testing and epidemiology suggest a dog days reprieve could happen.
Coronavirus Epidemic May Be Slowed by Warm and Humid Weather
The U.S. may get a respite from COVID-19 this summer.
Let Kids Have Recess Outside In Winter
What's with school districts canceling outdoor recess when the temperature dips below freezing?
The Price of an Erratic President
Even if Trump doesn’t follow through on his bad ideas, the uncertainty is still a drag.
The Market Says Climate Change Is Happening
When money is on the line, it is hard to find parties willing to bet against the scientific consensus on climate change.
'Price Gouging' Is Supply and Demand at Work, Even in a Polar Vortex
Price signals ultimately mean more supplies for disaster-struck areas.
New Jersey Salts Roads for a Nonexistent Snowstorm
First it failed to prepare for a snowstorm. Then it overprepared.
FEMA Is Almost Certainly Not Ready for Hurricane Florence
If FEMA's prior record when it comes to disaster response is any indication, the agency is not going to handle this well.
2017 Was the Costliest Year Ever for Disasters in the U.S.
NOAA finds that hurricanes, fires, floods, and droughts caused $306 billion in losses last year.
7 Things Donald Trump Shouldn't Do After Hurricane Harvey
The federal government is awful at handling disasters. Can we try not to screw it up this time?
Warmer Temperatures: More Climate Satisfaction in U.S.
At least for the next several decades.
For U.S. 'Dangerous' Climate Change Is Like Moving 180 Miles South: New at Reason
New study finds Americans would prefer warmer weather on balance
Hurricane Matthew and the Politics of Climate Change
Everybody please just stop politicizing the weather
Climate Change Has Made U.S. Weather More Pleasant, Says Nature Study
Most Americans live in counties that are experiencing more pleasant weather than they did forty years ago
Hurricane Joaquin: The Great East Coast Hurricane Drought Likely Continues
No sign yet that global warming is making hurricane damage worse
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Map Shows in 2100 Illinois Will Be as Hot as Louisiana; Maryland as Steamy as Florida
If the world doesn't cut back on greenhouse gas emissions
Listen Up Climate Combatants - It's About to Get Real Hot
A big El Nino is coming, or so say a lot of computer models.
Can We Shut Up About the Weather? And Start Talking About Super-Bowl-Sized Corporate Handouts?
It's snowing, but it's winter. For the NFL and other sports leagues, it's raining taxpayer dollars every single day.
Gov. Brown Plans $687 Million for Calif. Drought
But doesn't address fixes to distribution system
